Remember when the gas drilling lobby touted the goal of energy independence and eliminating our dependence on foreign oil?
Well, apparently, our petro-chemical companies have been so successful, that we can start exporting our new natural gas finds already: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=aE8bhtZQ84Z4
Look, its a free market. These companies should be allowed to sell the gas to whomever will pay them the most. That said, we should not be subsidizing their production efforts by allowing weak environmental protections.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
It's Not Water
As alluded to in a post below, the "water" that is used to frack the wells is not really water anymore. It's a complex fluid that contains water. Just like beer is not water. It's laughable, almost. Why don't we call sewage water?
Considering this frack water is now being dumped in our rivers and streams, it seems like we deserve to know what is in it.
Contact your Federal Representative and Senator and plead for their support for this bill: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2766
Considering this frack water is now being dumped in our rivers and streams, it seems like we deserve to know what is in it.
Contact your Federal Representative and Senator and plead for their support for this bill: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2766
Drilling Has Consequences
Here's a great site (now tagged as link worthy on the menu at the left) : http://landandwater.org/
Their message is simple. Tax the industry to protect the environment from which they are extracting their gas. If you don't like this approach, take a trip through Shamokin or Centralia to see what extractive industries leave behind.
Their message is simple. Tax the industry to protect the environment from which they are extracting their gas. If you don't like this approach, take a trip through Shamokin or Centralia to see what extractive industries leave behind.
Frac FLUID
Note that the post doesn't read Frack Water, which is what the industry has successfully named it!
The Safe Water Drinking Act requires drillers to obtain a permit to use diesel fuel in a mixture of water, brine and sand that they inject into the ground in the fracking process. However, diesel is the only substance for which drillers must seek a permit: http://www.ewg.org/files/EWG-2009drillingaroundthelaw.pdf
It's not water folks. Let's change this label so we can debate it with more teeth.
The Safe Water Drinking Act requires drillers to obtain a permit to use diesel fuel in a mixture of water, brine and sand that they inject into the ground in the fracking process. However, diesel is the only substance for which drillers must seek a permit: http://www.ewg.org/files/EWG-2009drillingaroundthelaw.pdf
It's not water folks. Let's change this label so we can debate it with more teeth.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Drill baby drill
The funny thing about this story is that the state has already permitted hundreds of wells. Listen, we heat our house with gas. I have no objections to drilling for it close to home. However, the process has to work so that we have a place to live once the gas is gone. Reference: Shamokin, PA.
Friday, October 19, 2007
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