Yesterday in Pa.:
Nearly 400 supporters and opponents of natural gas drilling debated its safety and economic feasibility at a U.S. Department of Energy hearing in western Pennsylvania.

At the hearing, filmmaker Josh Fox of Brooklyn, N.Y., criticized the advisory board. "Six out of 7 members of this panel have a financial conflict of interest," Fox said, referring to ties that members have to the gas industry. Some audience members rose to cheer his comments, while other booed. Fox's film is "Gasland."
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But drilling supporters turned out, too. Geologist Robert Burger of Pittsburgh, who works in a gas-related job, said he was confident that hydrofracking is safe. He said he felt that the current debate was not based on science, but emotions.

During the hearing several people spoke of how drilling had helped the local economy. One man drew applause from the audience when he said that hundreds of wells had been drilled around his nearby family farm with no problems.


http://www.wfmj.com/Global/story.asp?S=14896788

Yes, this guy comes around, but it looks like N.C. gets ok for drilling:

House OKs Bill to Boost Drilling for Natural Gas:
June 14, 2011
Michael Biesecker

In a largely party-line vote, the state House approved a Republican-backed bill that rewrites state energy policy to promote and approve of drilling for natural gas on land and off the coast.

Supporters of Senate Bill 709 said drilling would create revenue for the cash-strapped state government and jobs for North Carolinians by creating a regulatory atmosphere that is more "pro business."

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?idx=250885&cat1=politics
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http://www.wral.com/news/state/nccapitol/story/9729084/
http://www.newschannel34.com/news/local/story/Anti-Fracking-Rally/ygoImU2zMEiWyD0RkYhdCA.cspx?rss=120
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Here's some good: South Texas enjoys major boom from oil fracking:
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110613/BUSINESS/306130045/1003/BUSINESS
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And one from today: Could increasing involvement by oil giants, such as ExxonMobil and Chevron, make it easier to resolve the fracking wars?

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56949.html
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Steel: As I remember, break even is about 3-3,5$

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And some facts:) http://www.energyindepth.org/tag/hydrofracturing/