Thanks for that, Don.
I know that I’m obsessive, but worrying about the spelling looks a little silly
in this context, especially when he goes and uses the hated ‘k’ in para 5.
But it does look like a useful reservoir of information.
Chris
On 23 Mar 2014, at 15:06, Don Holbrook <donholbrook@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This link may answer some questions. I still receive the magazine as a
> leftover from work. No opinion.
>
> http://www.americanlaboratory.com/913-Technical-Articles/154364-Science-Based-Hydraulic-Fracing-Review-of-the-ACS-Regional-Meeting/
>
> ----- Original Message -----From: Peter Klein <pklein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To:
> olympus@thomasclausen.netSent: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 07:25:53 -0000 (UTC)Subject:
> Re: [OM] [OT] In case you hadn't heard....
>
> Here in the U.S., there is a permanent lobby against every power source
> except wind, solar, and tides. I suspect the UK/EU/AUS/NZ has similar
> characters. And even then, they start lawsuits when the wind farms kill
> birds, and if developing tidal resources might kill fish or disrupt
> ecosystems, etc. The elephant in the room is that renewables will only help,
> but not meet our total energy needs by a long shot. This is always swept
> under the rug. The joules just aren't there.
>
> While I share some of the "green's" concerns, I'm with Nathan. I simply think
> that the long-term ecological risks are less than the risks of depending for
> vital energy on cultures who will use petrodollars and the political clout
> they bring to undermine Western Civilization and all the good things it
> stands for. Whether large-scale fracking is OK or not, I'm not decided on,
> but I have my doubts. It appears to be a very dirty technology with lots of
> toxic crud left in the groundwater after the petroleum is extracted.
> --
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