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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
Even with fracking, our domestic supplies might last only 60-70 years? And there are myriad of problems with fracking -- lots of methane (natural gas) is released from the ground, and it is a 20X worse GHG than carbon dioxide. Wells are poisoned, and why is it that the gas drilling industry needs to keep the chemicals in the fracking fluid secret?
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1: There is a suspected 100+ years of gas production in NEPA alone.
2: Lots of methane is released, yes, and a bunch of carbon and soot are created during the 3-5 day frac (proper spelling) process. This should be addressed.
3: What water wells have been poisoned by current frac methods? It's been a known fact that nearly 100% of drilled water wells in PA have high sulphur and methane content. This has been the case throughout the history of the area.
4: The only people that think the frac fluid is a secret are those who refuse to actually look into it. What part of the process is hidden? You can stand off site and take pictures, record vehicle numbers, chemical placard data, etc.. And all without question, unless you're trespassing on leased land or the land owners don't want you there.
Realistically, most the arguments against frac were probably raised by people reading outdated information about previous methods, including pumping raw diesel fuel into the ground. They didn't read the part about back flow, though...