Radio Smart Talk for Wednesday, May 11:
The issues surrounding Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling could have more impact on Pennsylvania's future than any other before the public and decision-makers today. The state's economy, environment, and infrastructure all could be altered forever. It is that significant.
There seem to be new revelations about Marcellus Shale in the media everyday, but what do those who don't live where wells are being drilled and gas extracted really know about the process and it's repercussions.
On Wednesday's program, we'll get the observations of David Thompson of the Williamsport Sun Gazette , who has reported on Marcellus Shale for the past four years. What questions do you have?
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For me that is pure red flag.
Especially worrisome is their constant mantra about the amount of water being used, and quantity of chemicals added and regurgitated ----one well is no big deal.
150,000 wells is a very big deal.
300,000 wells is very very big.
Texas is in severe and unrelenting drought, approaching dustbowl in places.
Yet,
of the metered sources in the four county Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District, Barnett Shale drillers used 1,146,598,272 gallons of water and paid .00022 cents per gallon in 2009. Many drillers took water from unmetered sources but there were no enforcement actions. That water is now gone.
And that is criminal in my book.
Everyone who understands the seriousness of this for Pennsylvania's health is requested to attend.
There will be meetings with key legislators 9-12 AM and 1-4 PM.
Please come if you are able.
nearly 30 yrs. had their spring water go bad Nov. 2010. While they
were away for the weekend Gas companies came in & did seismic
testing. Thanksgiving week they came home to red bubbly mud in their
water system. They have had to replace their water ever since at
their own expense of $200-500 monthly. Their collie birthed 7
stillborn puppies. They have sent their children out of state to
attend college. Amish neighbors have had buggy & horse/truck
accidents. Horses have been killed by tanker trucks accidents. They
have witnessed tankers with the valves open driving by their homes in
this area. This family does not lease their land & don't want to,
however, their neighbors on either side have.
Good show Scott.
situation for fear of lawsuit by the company they have a lease with.
There are plenty of people who are collateral damage that can & will
share their real life stories of what they are dealing with in the
affected areas.
If you have family & friends involved in Scouting, Boys or Girls, they need to know this information as well.
This is "consumptive water" we are talkling about! Never to be considered water, rain, dew again!
It is not water in those containment ponds....it is a chemical laden toxic fluid waiting to be misted, evaporated, or hauled away.
This toxic laden water is "misted" into the air to be carried over the landscape? Would these chemicals settle on human food sources and be ingested by humans and animals? How can this be safe? What about air quality for humans?
What are they burning? and why?
Janet: The hydrologic cycle is a closed system meaning water can neither be created nor destroyed. Like it or not it will be rain and dew again. However the laws governing particle physics say that most of the chemicals and heavy metals involved in these processes are too heavy to make their way into the cycle.
For the record I am NOT an industry shill. These are facts that I have found through my own research. Keep it coming, "Smart Talk," I'm thirsty.
Jeremy: With all due respect, I use the words of Dr. Sandra Steingraber, "Fracking constitutes consumptive water use, which is different from what happens to water when underground pipes leak and water re-enter the aquifer, or when irrigation leads to evaporation and cloud formation. When water is entombed in deep geological strata, a mile or more below the water table, it's permanently removed from the water cycle. As in, forever. It will never again ascend into the clouds, freeze into snowflakes, melt into rivulets, cascade over rocks, turn with the tide, soak into soil, rise through roots, or pour from your tap..... It's gone."
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