Hydraulic Fracturing and Environmental Water Quality

Preface/Disclaimer/

As my life time goes by, I find that I personally am doing a better job of environmental stewardship. Gone is my burning barrel in the back yard (and most of my neighbors too). I return & recycle all of our steel, aluminum, glass and plastic. My motivation to do this is primarily economic but I do "feel environmentally better" after the work is done. I'm not an environmental radical. I am, however, very skeptical of big business when they tell you "It's perfectly safe" & what they do will help insure our liberty as Americans.

I know bullshit when I hear it.

Lately, There seems to be a lot of news media coverage on the subject of hydraulic fracturing.

Drilling horizontally and using clean water to pressurize and then retrieve hydrocarbon based fuels just sounds like a bad idea.  Just a couple of years ago, every Mom & Pop gas station had to replace their in ground fuel tanks to avoid fuel/water contamination, right?



Think about it: Commingling fresh, clean water with toxins. Hmmmmmm?

An industry-supported fund to pay for potential environmental damage caused by hydraulic fracturing in New York State
is just stupid. (my opinion)

 

What if people get sick from drinking contaminated water? 

What if the fish are all dead?

 

Money can't fix that.  (common sense)

I encourage you to do some reading & research. Consider your sources and make up YOUR OWN MIND.

Essential Question:

Why is hydraulic fracturing exempt from the

Federal Safe Drinking Water Act ?

Here are some links:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-1215
http://www.tu.org/press_releases/2010/trout-unlimited-calls-on-gas-companies-to-disclose-chemicals-used-in-marcellus-s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAWawNVziXI
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/07/31/us/natural-gas-water-contamination.html?scp=4&sq=hydraulic%20fracturing&st=cse
http://water.epa.gov/type/groundwater/uic/class2/hydraulicfracturing/index.cfm
http://www.riverkeeper.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Fractured-Communities-FINAL-September-2010.pdf