based on Hollywood's typical treatment of history, science, religion, politics, warfare, romance, marriage, ... in short any aspect of human life, this sentence should read:
But viewers should necessarily expect an unrealistic treatment of drilling and fracking.
So if Matt Damon co-wrote this film, what are his credentials for the actualities in the environmental part? Environmental Science degree? Geology degree?
For those who have been unemployed, those communities in the rust belt whose tax base has been devastated, and the old and new companies servicing the industry, the gas boom has provided hope of a revitalized economy. For environmentalists, its the same old story -- fossil fuels should be abandoned in favor of solar and wind. Their stirring up NIMBY sentiments only goes so far as putting food on the table and being able to afford rent, a new car or TV will trump the apocalyptic rantings of the ecoNazis. Let them freeze in the dark while the rest of us safely enjoy God-given resources.
The only sub-IQ group out there with even less science knowledge than a D.C. politician-critter is a Hollywood cretin-critter.
I may be wrong because of the tremendous P.R. campaign for this movie, but I have a feeling the drama of a landman getting farmers to sign gas leases isn’t exactly gonna pack ‘em in. I have a feeling this is another Hollywood agenda movie that will land with a thud.
We don’t need Hollywood exploring the issues.
They always explore them from their own liberal point of view.
I mean I'm far from an envirowhacko, being a Silverado drivin’, wood burning Harley rider, but the idea of somebody injecting into the ground below my (and my water supply) and not telling anyone what it is is... disturbing. Trade secretes my have their place, but with food or medecine, we have a choice of we don't want to use the product containing it, with drilling not so much.
As with nuclear power, a good thing overall, but there should be strict liability with no time limit for anything going wrong, I don't know if a mere 50 or 60 year track record is good enough for a process that could conceivably render an area uninhabitable in 100 year's time.... Don't really know, not my area of expertise....
I mean I'm far from an envirowhacko, being a Silverado drivin’, wood burning Harley rider, but the idea of somebody injecting into the ground below my (and my water supply) and not telling anyone what it is is... disturbing. Trade secretes my have their place, but with food or medecine, we have a choice of we don't want to use the product containing it, with drilling not so much.
As with nuclear power, a good thing overall, but there should be strict liability with no time limit for anything going wrong, I don't know if a mere 50 or 60 year track record is good enough for a process that could conceivably render an area uninhabitable in 100 year's time.... Don't really know, not my area of expertise....