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  • Originally posted by Pumpkin QAAD View Post
    If Indian Point didn't straddle the Hudson I would agree with your line of thinking.
    I don't follow...
    “Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and you're about to be annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will tell you, 'I haven't touched you yet.” Carlos Castenada

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    • Policy isn't written based on the knowledge of the general public (otherwise a nuclear power plant wouldn't be a few miles from millions of people). Plus it's a great way for the anti crowd to keep muddling the issue by constantly claiming to be uninformed. I know you aren't opposed to fracking (or aren't opposed but are..) but there are those out there that are opposed no matter what and are just as guilty as some in the energy industry of confusing the facts.

      Perhaps we do have a "neutral body" with info that has been out for years:

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      • Originally posted by Glen View Post
        Thats half the story. Here is the other half:



        I am not against fracking in principle, but the industry has not been forthcoming and has a lot of clout. There is no shortage of NG and prices are low. They need to get this right, not just for us but for future generations.
        Glen there are over 40,000 fracking wells in the US. That adds some perspective.
        I would agree with you about getting it right however that is not the message that is being delivered. That message is no fracking ever. Why else are they coming up with doomsday scenarios.
        The title of this thread is a perfect illustration. What environmental disaster?
        Any accidents are limited to surrounding parcels. Katrina was a disaster. That offshore drilling platform blowing up in the gulf was a disaster. That tsunami in Japan and resulting meltdown of the reactors was a disaster. Disasters effect the lives of 10s of thousands.
        We have an obligation to get it right but I know of no industry that is accident free.

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        • Originally posted by Pumpkin QAAD View Post
          I thought I read recently that the initial estimates for the amount of gas in Marcellus were wildly inflated, and the actual amounts were only about a quarter of what was initially published...still an awful lot, but if so, that skews a bit of the first link's point.
          “Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and you're about to be annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will tell you, 'I haven't touched you yet.” Carlos Castenada

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          • Originally posted by cityboy View Post
            Glen there are over 40,000 fracking wells in the US.
            I'd be curious to know how many 'hydro' fracking wells specifically...
            “Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and you're about to be annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will tell you, 'I haven't touched you yet.” Carlos Castenada

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            • Originally posted by cityboy View Post
              Glen there are over 40,000 fracking wells in the US. That adds some perspective.
              I would agree with you about getting it right however that is not the message that is being delivered. That message is no fracking ever. Why else are they coming up with doomsday scenarios.
              The title of this thread is a perfect illustration. What environmental disaster?
              Any accidents are limited to surrounding parcels. Katrina was a disaster. That offshore drilling platform blowing up in the gulf was a disaster. That tsunami in Japan and resulting meltdown of the reactors was a disaster. Disasters effect the lives of 10s of thousands.
              We have an obligation to get it right but I know of no industry that is accident free.
              Cityboy,

              My message was not "no fracking ever". I think most level headed people would like some facts and disclosure so they can make informed decisions. With the secrecy involved, the industry invites this sort of response, especially when they attempt to buy everyone off rather than come clean, admit mistakes and encourage oversight. When companies go to great lengths to keep secrets, usually there is fire with the smoke. Sorry, I don't trust them a bit so I personally choose to err on the side of caution. The fact that state legislatures are in bed with a lot of these companies does not give the individual a lot of ability to get straight answers. In short, there is no real watchdog on this. I will say again I simply do not understand the rational for additional sites while there is an abundant supply at a low price, but then again I don't run a hedge fund having investments in this sector.
              “Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. They smelled of moss in your hand. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming. Maps and mazes. Of a thing which could not be put back. Not be made right again. In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery.”
              ― Cormac McCarthy

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              • Originally posted by WinterWarlock View Post
                I'd be curious to know how many 'hydro' fracking wells specifically...
                This is what I read. It is as of 2009. They indicate that fracking means Hydro-Fracking.

                "There were more than 493,000 active natural-gas wells across 31 states in the U.S. in 2009, almost double the number in 1990. Around 90 percent have used fracking to get more gas flowing, according to the drilling industry".

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                • Getty ImagesPresident Obama delivers his State of the Union AddressPresident Obama had a lot to say about energy policy during tonight’s Sta […]


                  "We have a supply of natural gas that can last America nearly one hundred years, and my Administration will take every possible action to safely develop this energy. Experts believe this will support more than 600,000 jobs by the end of the decade. And I’m requiring all companies that drill for gas on public lands to disclose the chemicals they use. America will develop this resource without putting the health and safety of our citizens at risk.

                  The development of natural gas will create jobs and power trucks and factories that are cleaner and cheaper, proving that we don’t have to choose between our environment and our economy. And by the way, it was public research dollars, over the course of thirty years, that helped develop the technologies to extract all this natural gas out of shale rock – reminding us that Government support is critical in helping businesses get new energy ideas off the ground."

                  It's a little disappointing that President Obama is limiting the disclosure requirement to only public lands but I guess it's a start to assuage the chemical concerns.
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                  • Originally posted by Pumpkin QAAD View Post
                    http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylva...ion/#more-6391

                    "We have a supply of natural gas that can last America nearly one hundred years, and my Administration will take every possible action to safely develop this energy. Experts believe this will support more than 600,000 jobs by the end of the decade. And I’m requiring all companies that drill for gas on public lands to disclose the chemicals they use. America will develop this resource without putting the health and safety of our citizens at risk.

                    The development of natural gas will create jobs and power trucks and factories that are cleaner and cheaper, proving that we don’t have to choose between our environment and our economy. And by the way, it was public research dollars, over the course of thirty years, that helped develop the technologies to extract all this natural gas out of shale rock – reminding us that Government support is critical in helping businesses get new energy ideas off the ground."

                    It's a little disappointing that President Obama is limiting the disclosure requirement to only public lands but I guess it's a start to assuage the chemical concerns.
                    Guess this is the glass half full/half empty.

                    My take would be that it's optimistic that a president is requiring that any disclosures be made at all.

                    More then likely by requiring the disclosure on public lands, delays by appeals as to the constitutionality of it by the fracking industry can be avoided. It's a start. Now if Cuomo could inherit a set of b...s.
                    "If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it." Lyndon B. Johnson

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                    • Originally posted by redhawk View Post
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                      My take would be that it's optimistic that a president is requiring that any disclosures be made at all.
                      When I read the quote from a State of the Union address, I sort of thought the same thing...he didn't require anyone to do anything, it was all wishful thinking. If we could see real data, component mixtures, etc then I'd be a lot more comfortable assessing the impact, but as long as everything remains secret, I remain skeptical, and maybe even a little curmudgeonly.
                      “Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and you're about to be annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will tell you, 'I haven't touched you yet.” Carlos Castenada

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                      • Originally posted by WinterWarlock View Post
                        When I read the quote from a State of the Union address, I sort of thought the same thing...he didn't require anyone to do anything, it was all wishful thinking. If we could see real data, component mixtures, etc then I'd be a lot more comfortable assessing the impact, but as long as everything remains secret, I remain skeptical, and maybe even a little curmudgeonly.
                        HaHa!

                        I am surprised they allow fracking on public land, perhaps this is a well worded promise of nothing but yeah it's a start at least.
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                        • Looks like the start of a beautiful relationship!

                          “Natural gas and renewables complement each other very nicely,” Rhone Resch, CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, said this morning at a press conference.

                          "A report released this morning makes it clear that the renewables industry sees itself in the latter camp, forming an unexpected alliance with the natural gas industry, since both groups are intent on giving coal the boot."

                          Renewables see Gas as a short to midterm alternative to Coal. Make sense to me.

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                          • This incredible picture from space shows how the U.S. oil industry has boomed to such an extent that a gas field now burns as brightly as a major city.

                            The rapid increase in shale oil production means it is now often more economical to 'flare off' unwanted gas than to sell it.

                            As a result, one field in North Dakota, the state leading the energy revolution, is now burning off enough gas to power all the homes in Chicago and Washington D.C. combined.

                            What a sloppy, short sighted, waste........The "leaders" of the oil industry should be required to live in and around these areas. They should be required to drink the water from the wells near these areas.

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                            • New York bans fracking

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                              Through the woods and up the peaks
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                              • I am familiar with the basics of the "Haliburton Clause" and the ability to given to protect fracturing compound formulations. However, I work in the construction industry and I find it unlikely that trademarking can eliminate OSHA MSDA labeling requirements. Mining is more regulated than construction, it is hard for me to believe workers could be in a position to be possibly exposed to a chemical of any kind without access to accurate MSDA sheets. Just my 2 cents.

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