[oyez]

The greenies plan to eventually have control of it all and their projected power will be above national governments.

[CTyank]

I hate to be a conspiracy theorist, but I’ve always wondered what sort of payback we got for taking out the UN ‘Oil for Food’ scam.

I’m not aware of a full public accounting of what was uncovered after the take over of the Oil Ministry, nor any investigative journalism on the subject.

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam Me to Planet Gore !

[bray]

It would make too many good paying jobs for obamonomics.

Mary Christmas

[EverOnward]

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[50cal Smokepole]

What the FRACK?

[neverdem]

Cheap Natural Gas and Its Enemies

Ed Lasky is news editor of American Thinker.

[upsdriver]

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[Nobel_1]

Re: well completion with hydraulic fracturing techniques

Good resources for detailed information on what is happening and the US oil and gas industry response can be found at:

1. Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy at http://www.responsiblenergy.org/

2. IPAA Fact Check on Hydraulic Fracturing at http://www.ipaa.org/news/fact_checks/2009/2009-12-18_2.php

3. API article on Hydraulic Fracturing at http://www.api.org/policy/exploration/hydraulicfracturing/index.cfm

“Even though America has abundant natural gas resources, most cannot be produced without this technology. Studies estimate that up to 80 percent of natural gas wells drilled in the next decade will require hydraulic fracturing.”

[finnsheep]

In Northeast PA deep well drilling is at a standstill because the Delaware River Basin Commission will not permit any wells out of concerns for the water for NYC. NYC, however, is so casual about its water supply that the town of Wawarsing, NY which is unfortunately situated on top of one of NYC’s aqueducts is drowning due to leaks of up to 36 million gallons of water per day.

Now it takes a few million gallons of water (some of which can be reclaimed) on a one time basis for each deep shale natural gas well. By my calculations, ALL THE WATER needed for ALL POSSIBLE WELLS in the DRBC area of influence could be drilled with the water that leaks from NYC’s aqueduct over a few months time.

Folks make a big issue of the “chemicals” that are in fracking fluids. One of those is hydrochloric acid (which is what your stomach makes). A recent HCl spill connected with drilling was neutralized by dumping lime (think Tums with calcium) on it. The bore holes go down over a mile usually while the typical water well is in a completely different shallow layer - - less than 500 feet deep.

Also fracking is used in drilling water wells and has been for years.
drilling