Expecting Texas or Oklahoma wildcatters to care about what they leave
behind in Pennsylvania or New York is a bit of a stretch. I support
fracking but only if there's effective regulation and very steep
penalities when the rules are broken... starting with paying
pre-drilling market value for any polluted properties as well as a 3X
price penalty to the owner (not the state)... all moneys to maintained
in escrow. And no drilling starts until the base state of the land is
known and agreed.
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/25/2014 6:38 AM, John Hermanson wrote:
> Though the water may be above the gas, when the cheaply done cement
> sleeve fails, the gas will come up through the water. Big oil does what
> it wants, then leaves. Water supply ruined? They'll truck in water for
> you, maybe. Methane gas now coming out of your tap and it wasn't there
> before? 600 different chemicals pumped into the ground and much of it
> stays there.
>
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> On 3/24/2014 12:18 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Your comment is correct but so is mine.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 3/24/2014 12:02 PM, Mike Lazzari wrote:
>>>> But a properly drilled fracking well can't pollute water
>>>> wells since the fracking well will be many thousands of feet below the
>>>> well water.
>>> Sources? This is an hypothesis. There isn't enough data on it one way
>>> or the other. It seems a fair statement on its face but there is plenty
>>> of evidence of contaminated ground water. So the real question is, "Can
>>> the oil companies be trusted to frack in a way such that the ground
>>> water is protected?". At this point in time the answer is clearly a
>>> resounding, No! They have been dragging their feet, kicking and
>>> screaming just to divulge the chemicals injected into the wells. Kinda
>>> makes meaningful unbiased science difficult.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
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