Yet another reason I don't support fracking. It doesn't appear to be able to be done without jeopardizing the environment, both natural and developed. Carbon-free energy sources should be the only ones being developed further.
via Jennifer Freeman
http://ecowatch.com/2016/04/22/river-explodes-methane-fracking/
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Yet Eastern Ohio is banking on it.
ReplyDeleteThis is not caused by fracking. This is naturally occurring like it is in many parts of the world.
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ReplyDeleteI agree. These people need to get the frack away from our nature.
ReplyDeleteDavid Westebbe CSG extraction is fracking, dude.
ReplyDeleteCraig Froehle to be clear I'm totally opposed to fracking but I'm afraid this particular one appears to be a beat up. The CSIRO are saying this instance is naturally occurring and have been calling on people not to ignite it like this for a while. For reference the CSIRO is our premier, world leading science body, so good in fact that this anti science government we're stuck with at the moment have been trying to destroy them.
Peter Billing I stand corrected.
ReplyDeleteI was under the impression that the gas escaped from natural porosity in coal.
I can understand the need to continue to support fossil fuels while we build up the infrastructure to support carbon free energy sources, but there definitely needs to be more effort to get that infrastructure up and running. Seems to me that Tesla are the only ones making real, tangible strides in bringing that about for the general populace.
ReplyDeleteCracking is BAD BAD BAD
ReplyDeleteI honestly don't believe that we'll ever be oil and gas free. I certainly believe we can minimize the use but even Tesla is a huge consumer of oil and gas. Everything they make uses oil in some form or another. Everything around us is made with oil. One day maybe...maybe one day Tesla will make a vehicle affordable enough for the masses.
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ReplyDeleteKeyser Söze What you say is true. Use of petroleum as fuel is the issue.
ReplyDeleteIt has many other valuable uses, like making polymers, lubricants and solvents. We need to preserve it for more valuable and less environmentally unfriendly uses.
Peter Billing Thanks for clarifying that. I'm less mad about that situation, but I'm still opposed to fracking.
ReplyDeleteKeyser Söze We can use oil for lots of things -- plastics, lubricants, chemicals, etc. -- we just shouldn't burn it up for combustion energy!
ReplyDeleteI don't get it...what do you mean everything is poisoned?
ReplyDeleteThat's perfectly natural.
ReplyDeleteFacetious.
ReplyDeleteDang Vicky...that's a lot of poisoned stuff. I don't know...I don't care about chemically enhanced livestock, chickens etc. Pesticides and preservatives don't bother me one bit. I prefer foods that are pest free and chemically engineered. Theyre cheaper anyway! As far as natural fossil fuels being recovered from underground and subsequently using them everyday...I have no problem with that either. I have more of a problem with people going to great lengths to deceive and lie to the general public about how fracking has contaminated well water or springs or lakes and rivers. That's what I have a problem with. Special interests pushing their agendas on lies is more than shitty. Do we need alternative fuels? Yes. Is there anything wrong with drilling and fracking for oil and gas? No. Has tracking contributed to an increase in earthquakes around the immediate area of Frac sites? No. Even the liberal Obama EPA has said there is no proof or evidence as such. Is there such a thing as global cooling or global warming due to pollutants in the environment. No. I have not seen real proof of that either. Is there such a thing as climate change? Yes. But climate change has been occurring since the beginning of time. Not as a result of anything else. Climate change, like flammable gasses coming out of the ground is naturally occurring. I don't know...this can be debated forever but unless each and every single one of us starts using nothing but alternative fuels, recycled goods, pesticide and hormonal free foods etc...then we can't point the finger at others.
ReplyDeleteWow Vicky...you're something else.
ReplyDeleteLol....idk...but I like it😊😊😊
ReplyDeleteLet me guess, Republican Governor? The company that has the drilling rights paid money into the Governor's campaign funds
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Vicky.
ReplyDeleteOh my... Somebody should remove that gas in a safe and time tested manner which could be used at the same time in a way to power the world. If not, the two cowboys could get hurt.
ReplyDeleteLololol....
ReplyDeleteJohn Kanold
ReplyDeleteThat's the point. Fracking is not a safe, time tested manner.
Yes it is.
ReplyDeleteIf it was safe, we would not be polluting the streams, rivers and aquifers of massive areas of the US.
ReplyDeleteThat's not true brother...not at all. Give me one honest example of a Frac location polluting any river or stream. Its simply not true bro.
ReplyDeleteHow about https://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/386967.htm or https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131203112219.htm or https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120806093929.htm or https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140813103132.htm or https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131002092621.htm and just a couple weeks ago https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160407150800.htm This was just quick search of recently published studies.
ReplyDeleteAnother recent study on fracking ground water pollution. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160426120112.htm
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime, we should maximize the use of gas's like natural gas, biogas, lpg; their current supply is seemingly inexhaustible
ReplyDeleteNel Reyes
ReplyDeleteSelect renewable energy sources over fossil Carbon, if you have that option, but lighter density Carbon gas is better than heavier coal and oil.
David Westebbe Zeker en beslist. Meer dan 90% van alle medicijnen zijn niet te maken zonder het raffinageproces van aardolie. De huidige krapte aan medicijnen die voor de fabrikant tamelijk weinig opleveren, is omdat men ten koste van huidige en toekomstige generaties zo veel mogelijk geld uit de monopoliepositie wil knijpen. Tegelijkertijd vermijden ze zelf belastingen te betalen en vervuilen zo ongestraft n vrijwel onbelast de landen waarin men produceert. Zij laten al iets merken van de eind-tijdelijk krapte aan medicijnen waarbij de aardbevolking gedecimeerd zal raken t.g.v.de meest verspillende generatie mensen die ooit hier op aarde geleefd heeft: geboren tussen 1940 - 1965.
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