HBO Documentary Films: Gasland Trailer (HBO)

[natasprotector]

gasland is a lie, fakeumentary film used to scare people

[emtravelrn1]

Just watched your film two nights ago and loved it. It made me really upset, almost more than Inside Job but you did a great job with the film. A few years ago I was a contract nurse in Colorado and I drove by those drills by Rifle, Co. on my way out to Arch's National Park and Grand Junction on more than one occasion.

[gameralholbert]

We will go down in history as the most suppressed generation in history due to capitalisms humpbacked cancer filled pus gut's reign over scientific advancements and social evolution.

[mcsandberg]

The water in the patch has been bad since people 1st moved there. Good water is so rare that there’s a town called Sweetwater, Tx in the northern part of the oil fields. It was named for the decent water they found there.

[mcsandberg]

Sheesh - if you've ever lived or know people who live in the patch, you'd know this is utter garbage. The water in the patch tends to have severe problems BEFORE a single oil well is drilled. If there's oil in commercially viable quantities, its a pretty sure bet that there's oil and gas at shallow depths that constantly leaks.

I've seen several water wells that had enough gas in them to light in the Permian basin.

[MindofaJedi]

@mcsandberg Maybe , but there were thousands of wells drilled BEFORE you ever saw this , which make your point totally invalid . Natural gas drilling IS , without any doubt whatsoever , contaminating millions of people's drinking water . There is no question about this . The gas companies themselves have admitted in internal memos, and by taking many settlements . It is no suprise that cities like Midland and Odessa have such high cancer rates .

[scrantonsux]

i hope u win

[joitoltp]

to all those commenting against this documentary, drink some of the water and rest in peace.

[troth1996]

this video is 100% crap. I hope the more intelligent viewers will see through these lies and do their own research.

[HemiHead66]

@troth1996 Yeah, I've done the research, put up yours that shows this is full of crap. I've read about the people that have become sick. And I ALSO read about the dumping of toxic waste right into the drinking water supply for millions of people. And as of 2011, they're still doing it. I'll be glad to show ya, And It was just reported about a month ago that the water in 34 cities across the US was poisoned with deadly amounts of Hexavalent Chromium. It was an honest to God scientific study, too

[troth1996]

@HemiHead66 Please share your research with the rest of the group. You seem to have "read" several articles, which Im sure are actual published articles by respected outlets and not someone's opinion. And how exactly does your comment about hexavalent chromium play into drilling for natural gas, because you dont support it nor do I see anything that even mentions natural gas or oil exploration.

[Weaseldog2001]

Saw my town in the map shown.

One of the towns there is now testing for unsafe levels of radium, so the city had to quit using well water.

Radium is naturally occurring, so the gas co feels it isn't legally responsible for the fact that it cracked the shale and allowed the radium to be dissolved into the water supply.

[HemiHead66]

Ya know what's funny, our Govt. has had the tech to free the world of oil for probably 50+ years. But free energy is no good, they keep pushing us toward shit they can charge us for. Like these stupid hybrid cars, what good is better mileage when oil is manipulated to 100+ a barrel? When Ben Rich, former head of Skunk Works was dying he said we already had the ability to travel the stars. but the tech was locked up in black projects & it would take an act of God to get it out to benefit humanity

[HemiHead66]

Dick Cheney is doctor death. I hope that fucking shit-sack burns in hell. They're turning this country into a wasteland. People better wake up before it's to late. Once the damage is done, there's no turning back. Forget about one or two pieces of land being worthless, whole friggin states will be worthless. This shit sets me on fire like nothing else has in my life.

[BeAnEarthNut]

awesome documentary 2 thumps up from me!

[lachicka7]

my brother had his home's water well contaminated by nearby fracking. Now the gas company has to provide him with sisterns of water as long as he lives there. If he is able to sell the house the deal ends with him. New home owners are on their own paying for the trucked in sistern water. If the gas company goes out of business then he is own his own paying for the trucked in water. Fracking is bad news!!!!

[paranoidjones]

Call Congressman Darryl Issa right now. 202-225-3906

demand his Oversight Committee start an investigation into frakking and Dick Cheney's secret Energy Taskforce immediately and to stop asking businesses how best to gut the EPA.

[cherd1971]

i had no idea it was happening

[walls0stone]

ha ha ha can't start a fund raiser for something that mother nature has been doing in bradford and tioga county for as long as ppl here can remember. and if YOUR water has gas in it then why not just talk to a smaller gas company, capture the gas and run your own Generator? know the diff in a "truck well" and a water well? one is iin your house.

[walls0stone]

funny, you don't live here and your facks are full of holes... I live here, I'm up to date on all this and BTW, soon water won't be used in fracturing. so what will you do then Mr Fox.

[mmsun44]

Junk

[walls0stone]

you are a hack josh fox. you are another al gore. why don't you just stay in the city and make films about your neck of the woods. ppl, check out the pro gas films or talk to locals who didn't make any money off some film.

[mmwaters21]

@walls0stone Talk to your children's children about how you chose barbaric convenience and short-term gains over sensible morality and scientific innovation for the preservation of generations. You are all slaves to this idea of money, it is NOT REAL, and yet, with its imaginary reigns around your throat you pull back until you cease your very purpose in this world.

[walls0stone]

@mmwaters21 dude, if money isn't real then tell that to my kids when the bank takes the farm that makes you food. If ou lived her and knew what you were talking about you'd sound smarter.......maybe. BTW... my water was already flamable.

[mmwaters21]

@walls0stone Forgive me, I spoke out of line. you are not in the wrong sir, and my thoughts and love go out to you and your family's hardships. My fight is with the industry, not you, I apologize and extend my thanks for your life's work.

P.S. If you're water is contaminated with methane as you say, I hope that you will look into a home reverse osmosis kit for the safety of you and your family. If you cannot afford one, please let me know and I will be more than happy to start a fundraiser.

[shauntom]

bravo. i will make sure that all of my students are/become aware of this growing problem.

[DrGraceG]

Can YOU PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE make some new episodes of Real Sex?

You are just running the few over and over. Don't you have any earlier ones? Did you record over them? That's holly grail, it's like taping a football game over a wedding video, if you did, please make some new ones... want ideas? Go to the Hedo III resort, I've heard rumors they are supposed to close...last chance... give us "Fun" people some new material to watch, pllleeeeease.

[billyreich1121]

I just watched this movie having heard about it the daily show. What is going on? I'm a suit, employed by the for-profit, corporate sector. I wake-up everyday with a desire to do right by the company, believing that the company will do right by me. Has this cycle gone awry? What good is coming out of the oil/gas industry? They sucked us in, from AK to LA, where the most horrific environmental disasters occurred yet the population still votes for drilling. It seems to be their only choice. Sad.

[zomfgiasfc]

@billyreich1121 I admire business men with a drive to do "good", but the truth is people go for whats easiest and lucrative for them. Many of the workers in the documentary knew perfectly well that they were dumping toxins, but it was the easy thing to do, and unfortunately paychecks outweigh our conscience nowadays. That and people like Dick Cheney who "legally" place industry above public health; such people are the very reason that regulation is needed.

[hoosbomb]

not everything is this world is black and white, yes there are environmental issues with "new" natural gas exploration but America was built on discovery and you think there wasn't any bad side effects associated with them? the more technology that is developed the more these issues will be solved and remember there is a clause in each land lease that the gas company has to replace your entire water system .so please look at both sides before making your final decision.

[DUFDI1]

What do these companies propose for our survival after they have polluted private wells & all of our underground fresh water resources? Josh, thank YOU for making this known and thanks to HBO for showing your documentary to the world. I have seen the "de-bunking" of Gasland - I choose Josh's direction on this issue, and do not believe a word that these oil/gas execs have to say. If they cared or anything mattered other than greed, this documentary wouldn't have been necessary!!!!

[ideebidee]

thank you for this incredible documentary!!!

this is a MUST-SEE for everyone in this country!!!!

i find it interesting that cheney's heart started to give him trouble the same week this documentary aired! coincidence? i think not! with any luck, (and if there's a god,) he'll spend eternity drinking his own flammable water!

[danger0usknowledge]

DeSmog: "Anadarko is "actively engaged with America's Natural Gas Alliance, Energy In Depth and the American Petroleum Institute to "educate the public" about Gasland. In PR, it is always a bit of a tricky decision about when to begin countering your opponents message. If you hit back too early, you may give the story "oxygen". But if you wait too long..." you lose the chance to "define the opposition" & bla bla bla. From 10 different directions they will try & Mfg doubt & ignorance.

[rainman60110]

The real issue with water is not gas, but the chemicals you willing take in your water. Fluoride is far more dangerous and everyone pretty much willingly drinks that. Fluoride has been proven to cause infertility, cancer, and many other problems. So drink up!

[seabreez7]

I watched Gasland and this is serious!

[chillyb9000]

So I suppose the "debunkers" have no political agenda? Between the Gulf & everything else corporations foist upon our environment, I suppose the industry apologists care for nothing more than the $. Won't be happy until we're all sick & dead. Guess that's one way to reduce the population for their benefit. Watch this, peoples, & don't be "sheeples"!

[hught78]

anyone know where i can get or watch this film if i missed it? i can't find it anywhere and it looks really good.

[magneticnorth03]

@hught78 HBO OnDemand is showing it in the Documentaries section.

[FastCowLONGBOARDING]

@hught78 NETFLIX has it

[DUFDI1]

@hught78

Currently showing on HBO!

[llatoya85]

I didn't even this was happening!!! Now I'm scared about drinking this damn water. Plus what can we do about this?

[metajonn]

@llatoya85 My suggestion would be to take a course on chemistry or just research it online. Learn about water purification processes and start storing your own purified water.  I'm thinking about buying a cistern and burying it somewhere safe on my land. I my wind up having to guard it. Drinking water is rapidly disappearing.

[Gaslandmovie]

@llatoya85 We can do a lot about this problem. Check out our website to find out more information but legislatures all around the country are trying to handle this so contacting state senators and finding out about local votes can do a lot. Today NEW YORKERS can Call State Sentaor John Sampson and tell him to bring the GAS DRILLING MORATORIUM BILL to a vote at 518-455-2788 (Fax 518-426-6806), District Office 718-649-7653. There are always things one can do!

[Gaslandmovie]

Thank you everyone for your support. For those believing the "Gasland Debunkers", please keep in mind that Energy-In-Depth which wrote "debunking Gasland" is a PR firm paid for entirely by the American Petroleum Institute. GASLAND is 100% true. It was made by people, not gas companies. Please check out the gasland website to figure out what else you can do to help stop drilling.

[Me820694]

@Gaslandmovie where can i watch?

[skanky87]

if you honestly think that there is no problem here you have absolutely no heart!!

[danratsnapnames]

i just watched this, and it made me sick just watching it.. to that asshole who says "debunk" i say FU you POS.. this shit is real enough that you can go there and see for your self.. i lived in many of those states, and it never occured me that was the cause until now.. and you know what, HE's RIGHT, it is the cause. and god damnit, its gotta stop.

[beckchasewolfe]

Every one should watch this movie

[proessorstone]

I love how Tommy Holly1 is posting this all over YouTube like it is a job function. Sure he has an agenda. So does the oil and gas industry. Why is Haliburton exempted from the Clean Air and Water Acts? Because fracking is dangerous.

[TommyHolly1]

Keep in mind this movie has as much "facts" as the typical Michael Moore hitpiece... SImply type in "Gasland" and "DEBUNK" into Google and you can read all the various ways this movie is total BS. Director Josh Fox admitted on NPR that he is part of the far left Eco-crowd who want all fossil fuels abolished in the US. This movie has an agenda.

[daltxn]

@skanky87 The water itself isn't flammable. Gas is collecting in the water wells and coming in through the water pipes then "burping" out of the faucets while the water valve is open.

[513ThaMan]

@daltxn ...DUH YOU STUPID FUCK BUT THE SHIT IS STILL HAZARDOUS!!!!!

[tiny6903]

@skanky87 , Yep your one of those go green dumb fucks, i hope when the energy runs out in this country your freeze to death in your home you fat slob, go ahead and import more products and keep loving the trees, incase you havent noticed the country is broke, if it wasnt for the export of coal, oil and natural gas this country would be nothing,

[skanky87]

@tiny6903 we don't export oil, we import it. But the solution is not about imports or exports it is about becoming much more efficient than we are currently. Further, it is about clean energy sources like hydro, wind, and solar. With that said, I will agree with you about natural gas to a point, it should be used because it is MUCH cleaner than coal but it needs to be regulated much better so that the sort of situations in the video cannot occur.

[HemiHead66]

@skanky87 Tapping a gas field is one thing, this is a whole other ballgame. This is scraping the bottom of the barrel. It should be outlawed. Between the waste and the contamination of land and water, this makes coal look like clean energy. And once the damage is done there's no turning back. I'd rather go back to horse and buggy than contaminate our water and farmland that our food is grown on. I was doing research on toxic waste in China the other day. they water their crops from toxic rivers.

[skanky87]

@HemiHead66 Oh I couldn't agree more. All I was saying is that natural gas that is regulated so this kind of crap can't happen is better than coal.

[Loejyrrab]

@skanky87 I think your is a very credible opinion, not laced with exagerated statements. You seem informed. Bavo.

[natasprotector]

@skanky87 actually we export gas and oil now. look it up.

[irrepressiblenobody]

@skanky87 democrats are just as fucking stupid, and just as fucking fat, do you really think that joke obama gives two fucks about this.

[Loejyrrab]

@irrepressiblenobody You fucking Repub swine live in an alternate universe.You can't accept the truth of how inept you bastards really are. And you can't accept that Repubs suck big oil/gas/nuke cock!! You fucking asswipes ruined the gulf of Mexico and with right wing disbelief in science will ultimately ruin the whole fuckin planet. The worst Democrat is better for the environment than any miserable right wing shitball Republiscum, and I mean scum!!!

[natasprotector]

@Loejyrrab do you read before you hit the enter button, you just make yourself look stupid. put the pipe down then complete your useless thought

[Loejyrrab]

@natasprotector OK, I put down my pipe. You should keep in mind that partially because of it, the incidence of and others, would not be evident at this point in our evolution. Therefore, it is incumbent upon people like you and henceforth to remember well what was said by George W.Bush after the New Orleans disaster. I hope I don't have to correct you again. Merry Christmas and Happy Kwanza-hanuka.

[natasprotector]

@Loejyrrab i love how you socialist blame a natural disaster on a president who told all the people to leave days before it happened. you didnt correct anything just made yourself look more stupid. but your deep jack handy thoughts do provide me some humor. so i thnk u

[Loejyrrab]

@natasprotector Me stupid? To see stupidity, look in the mirror.In his 1st month in office Bush was warned by Richard Clark that Bin Laden was planning attacks here using planes.Bush barely listened and disaster hit NYC&3K people died.ABC News reported in 2006 that Bush did the same with Katrina.2 days before, he was warned the levees could fail. After the nightmare storm hit, Bush said, quote,"the levee breaches could not have been forseen" He was the most negligent public official ever.

[natasprotector]

@Loejyrrab this what it looks like when you type blah blah blah whomp whomp blah blah whomp whomp. thanks again for the provided hilarity

[Loejyrrab]

@natasprotector Your welcome, glad you find my stuff funny. What isn't funny is me wasting my time trying futiley to educate a person with advanced Alzheimers. Sorry about that, it's a tough brake. Best of wishes for the mentally disabled. None of this is your fault. Bless him Jesus for he knows NOT what he writes.

[natasprotector]

@Loejyrrab hahahahhahahahahahaha keep em coming please, we will pay you for this entertainment. do you do stand up anywhere in the PA area.

[Loejyrrab]

@natasprotector I'm sure the payment check would bounce, from a con man like you.

[Loejyrrab]

@natasprotector In Bush's 1st month in office, Richard Clark warned him that BinLaden was planning attacks here,by use of planes.He paid no attention and 3K people died in NYC. He did the same re:Katrina. Bush was told that levees could fail.He did nothing.People were NOT warned by the President and once again many people died. This info is available. Quit making it up as you go along. Bush was the most negligent Pres ever.Death followed him like a fart in an elevator, incl 5K soldiers in Iraq.

[moparmonster1965]

@Loejyrrab I'm all for calling Bush the piece of shit that he was, but regarding the New Orleans levees, they were predicted to fail for over 50 years, and it was FDR who made the Army Corps of Engineers unaccountable for their soddy workmanship.

That said, we shouldn't have seen the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in New Orleans, having travelled all the way from Alberta, Canada get to New Orleans before the US Navy, which has a base in Corpus Christi. That failing was Bush's fault.

[Loejyrrab]

@moparmonster1965 Bravo on you, you were quite accurate.

[moparmonster1965]

There were also no remaining WMD in Iraq, but Hussein played coy on the matter in order to save face and to keep from being seen as weak and vulnerable to his neighbors.

[moparmonster1965]

Our establishing a military base in Saudi Arabia is what got Osama Bin Laden angry enough to turn his attention toward the US, and the escalating Islamic attacks on Western interests finally culminated in 9/11, which gave Bush the excuse to invade Iraq, even though they had nothing to do with it. A dictatorship wouldn't sponsor terrorists because they would eventually be a threat to his rule, but Hussein did offer a reward for those who killed Americans and Jews.

[Loejyrrab]

@moparmonster1965 Once again Mo, re:9/11, if anyone really considers the anomolies of that fateful day, they would have to be troubled, VERY troubled indeed.Bldg #7 being the biggest of all. A 47 story bldg, not hit by a jet, collapses straight down into it's own footprint in classic dem style. The bogus and very political 9/11 com.NEVER even considered whether explosives were used even though it appears to be a classic demolition. Oh well, merry Christmas or whatever. In my case it's Hanuka.

[moparmonster1965]

@Loejyrrab All due respect, I'm not going to get into this right now; I have other debates raging and I don't even have time for those. Simply put, the Bush administration used 9/11 as an excuse to invade Iraq but I don't believe for one moment that it was a government setup. Do you really think they need excuses to go to war? Not in my experience they don't.

[Loejyrrab]

@moparmonster1965 No problem, i didn't mean to engage you in a debate on this issue, at all. I agrre with you on much of your concerns about the country. Peace!

[moparmonster1965]

@Loejyrrab It's okay; we're good, you and I. This has ruined my home state, the rape of the land for its resources.

And shalom, Happy Hanukah, and God's blessing to you and yours.

[Loejyrrab]

@moparmonster1965 Well mopar, it's a relief when one meets an ally online in a forum like this. Most of the time when I leave a comment I'm called a jerkwad, dumbass, etc. I'm sure you've encountered it also. So all the best to you too. Let's hope that they don't dig up the country for a pipeline that will not yield a drop of oil for years and only create a few hundred permanent jobs. One repub Gov.is pleading with Obama NOT to let it happen. Great holidays to you and yours, Joel.

[moparmonster1965]

@Loejyrrab Consider this a thumbs-up post, Joel.

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 what rape? i am sorry but am I to see a criminal compliant filed by you for the raping of your home state land that you seem to own?

[moparmonster1965]

It has nothing to do with what I may or may not own in PA because that's my home, and my family's home since they came from Ireland and Italy, but more importantly, it shows that our system has gotten so far out of hand that we allow energy companies to destroy the land with no repercussions and no responsibility.

Yeah, that's exactly what I call rape.

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 chose a better energy company to drill your wells, they are all not the same! do you chose a sloppy heart surgeon to do your double by-pass? no you chose a respected doctor. there are respected drilling companies that hold up their end to protect the environment. we are all not the same! so i ask again what rape? bc we are not penn state coaches

[moparmonster1965]

@natasprotector You're clearly delusional at this point. We don't have any say in what techniques oil and energy companies use and I haven't the foggiest idea why you'd think we did.

You points are nonsensical, your grammar abominable, and your ability to construct a single coherent thought thoroughly absent. Stop embarrassing yourself and get back to me when you're fluent in English.

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 here is a coherent and simple sentence for your feeble mind to understand. moparmonster1965 is a fucking asshole who does not know one thing about the oil and gas industry. You gather your knowledge from internet sources and fake documentaries. Who are you to say what techniques they can and can not use? what buisness are you in? let me come to your work place(if you even work) and tell you how to do your job. i feel sorry for you! you are a clueless puppy.

[moparmonster1965]

Anything that is destructive to the environment should not be permitted, but you're of the 'not in my backyard' mentality; if it negatively affects someone, who gives a shit, right?

People like you nauseate me because you're just like a Holocaust or 9/11 denier, constructing reasons why nothing is as it seems to support your preconceived notions and opinions.

I assume you work in the industry somewhere, but nothing above grunt work, given the fact that you're shy a few chromosomes.

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 i bet your shy when you go to those clubs? you know the ones, where the men are men and the women are men too! i am sure you do a lot of grunting in the glory hole at the truck stop!

[moparmonster1965]

Where does one get information if this documentary is all wrong? And I mean independent, unbiased sources, not oil company propaganda. Is there such a things?

And please explain why, if this is so safe and there's no problems to worry about, did Dick Cheney make sure that the oil and gas industry was exempt from EPA regulation?

[moparmonster1965]

@natasprotector Yeah, and you didn't pull it off here either.

And what is your obsession with Josh Fox? Is it a man crush sort of thing?

If all of this is wrong, why do we see these problems? Why is it that Colorado, on the Roan Plateau, is experiencing the exact same sort of problems with the ground water? The common thread is hydraulic fracking, isn't it?

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 the fact you keep responding with your hippie rhetoric just shows the fact i am right and you are wrong, but please feel free to keep the comedy coming. We are getting a good laugh from you, twice so far this week.

[moparmonster1965]

@natasprotector If the number of responses shows who is and isn't correct, you have a very low standard of proof.

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 hahahahaha love it

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 do you frack your boyfriend/life partner with that mouth!

[moparmonster1965]

@natasprotector Hmmm, straight to personal insults. The sure sign of a weak position.

You seem to have an obession with gay sex and Josh Fox. Coincidence?

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 you are the one who licks balls. this is what it looks like when you type a repsonce to me. Wa wa wa wa. waa waaaaaaa. kind of like the old peanuts cartoons. this is fun, keep responding. in the mean time its gonna get cold this week, turn up your heat so we can sell more natural gas.

[moparmonster1965]

@natasprotector Again with the gay sex. Maybe you and Marcus Bachmann should get together.

Yes, we use natural gas, potatohead. That's not the point. The point here is that we're destroying everything to get to it. We'll never be free of petroleum/oil based sources completely, but what we're doing now is short-sighted and moronic at best.

Not that you give a shit, eh?

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 i think you just like to say Gay Sex. it must turn your life partner on. So here is a question to your response today, are you a hyprocrite with everything you complain about? I mean you use natural gas and petroleum substances but you bitch about the methods that are used to supply you with them. if someone was a true believer in this gasland shit, then wouldn't you stop using them? not all is being deystroyed. if all this were true it would show in much larger scale.

[moparmonster1965]

@natasprotector You brought it up, not me. I'd be thrilled to quote it for you if you like.

So you don't like people pointing out the problems in obtaining natural gas, but you're opposed to exploring other options, too? You're right, it is something of a hypocrisy, but that's because there aren't too many options. There's gas and there's electricity, nothing more.

Again, just from my home state, there are major problems, as in Colorado. How large of a scale do you need it to be?

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 i am not opposed at all, and I do not see problems with extraction to this date. I have a problem with people like you who do not know any facts about drilling. Just speculations of what you see in bad documentaries and read from one sided online articles. as for a scale lets compare it to airline travel, planes go down and people die but are they still flying? same goes with drilling, just cause a few bad operators effed up doesnt mean you shut everything down.

[moparmonster1965]

"A few bad operators?" If the fracking fluid is truly as bad as it seems, there are no good operators at all. And comparing what you do to airplane travel is apples versus front-end loaders because planes don't normally crash when maintained properly, but fracking fluid pollutes ground water when it's used as intended.

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 how do you think fracing water pollutes the ground water when used properly? when done properly there is no pollution. How do i know this? Because we have drilled over 350 shallow wells (fractured about 312 of them). Not one had any effect in their well water or ground water. If it was as bad as you say, then I would have poisoned over 1,000 people and would no longer be in buisness.

[moparmonster1965]

The reason the industry is still in business is because of its lobbyists; they can pay fines all day long and/or grease the palms of whomever without batting an eye because it's just the cost of doing business.

That all said, how does the natural gas get into tap water, if not through the fracking process?

[moparmonster1965]

If you look at the steel industry, how much toxic sludge did the mills dump into the rivers over the years? There's no way to know, but we know it happened and there's more than one reason for them having been built on waterways.

When I was a kid, you simply didn't go near the rivers because they were so polluted and filthy, much less eat anything that came out of them. They're better now, but I still wouldn't go near them.

[moparmonster1965]

@natasprotector How is that possible? Even if pumped out, there's no way to get all of the fracking fluid out of the ground, once it's in the shale; it's there to stay and do whatever harm it's going to. And since the industry has fought to keep the recipe for fracking fluid a secret, one can only assume that it contains something that people would object to, something harmful to human beings.

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 it is not secret! you can look at the DEP website to see what it is used and you do know that 99.9% of frac fluid is water and sand. Also the targeted shales are over 7,000 feet below surface, that means over a mile away from water aquifers. Logic tells me that frac fluid can not magically travel up through miles of sandstone, shale, limestone, dolomite, chert, and what ever other rock formation is between them.

[moparmonster1965]

You're being deliberately dull here now; if the fracking fluid gets into groundwater aquafers, it's very easy for those untold number of gallons of chemicals to get into drinking water. You're assuming that being some 7,000 feet below the surface means it's not near an aquafer, which may be true, but if you're passing through one on the way to that depth, you absolutely risk contaimination.

[moparmonster1965]

@natasprotector I'm actually looking at that now, and it's actually 98-99.5% (not 99.99%) that's supposed to be water, but if millions of gallons of water are used at any given site, and at that percentage, how many gallons of chemicals does that make?

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 only secret about frac fluid is that fact we do not share the exact amount of the known chemicals we use. the reason for this is simple. Our fracturing gets a better flow of gas out of shale, which means more gas which = more money. more money for our companies more money for our landowners. If you put our production next to my competitors the results are highly different b/c of that mix we use. So when it comes to competition over who to lease with our results reign supreme.

[moparmonster1965]

@natasprotector Bingo, you hit the nail on the head! More money, and that's what it's all about, boys and girls.

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 last i checked I can not pay my house off with bits of string.

[moparmonster1965]

Clearly, you're not objective so getting 'facts' from you isn't going to help clear up the matter because you work for the inductry. Okay, fine, you and your family have to eat, too, but at what cost? That's also the reason you're hell-bent on discrediting this documentary, but you don't really need to worry because for now, you're protected from following any EPA standards. I'm hoping to see that change in the very near future.

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 we are not protected from any EPA standards, we must follow certain articles under EPA codes. however on a state level we are not protected and must hold to their regulations.(water, air, pollution, etc..) We can not do one thing without the state. I myself and more of a states rights kind of guy vs. federal. Our gov't in PA knows whats best for their commonwealth than any federal regulator.

[moparmonster1965]

Are you, therefore, going to tell me that PA lawmakers and enforcement agencies are above taking bribes to look the other way in the event of a massive spill or contamination to supplement themselves, knowing that there's no retirement or even unemployment to fall back on?

And keep in mind that Federal law trumps state law, so if the feds don't care, state-level action is unlikely to go anywhere.

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 as I said before I am for states rights not Federal rights

[moparmonster1965]

@natasprotector That's fine, but the Federal Government says otherwise. I think I'll take their word over yours because they can put us in prison and your opion cannot.

[moparmonster1965]

@natasprotector Keep in mind that we're talking about Pennsylvania, a state that's been on the verge of bankruptcy for over a decade with no real industry to speak of since the end of the steel mills in the early 1980s (they were shutting their doors by the late 1970s) and the closing of most of the coal mines a few years later.

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 keep in mind PA has the stongest drilling regulations in the United States.

[moparmonster1965]

@natasprotector And again, PA is flat broke. The rules don't mean anything if no one's going to enforce them, do they?

[moparmonster1965]

@natasprotector I asked you for independent sources that would show how this isn't actually damaging the environment and doesn't cause massive health problems--and didn't get any at all.

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 are there really any real independent sources? everyone has an agenda.

[moparmonster1965]

@natasprotector I would tend to agree, which is why, when there's a lack of truly independent and objective sources, one has to look at the pro and con positions, and put the pieces together.

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 fyi, our power plants will soon all be run on nat gas. so your electricity will be natural gas powered. our local one here in south west PA is already running on nat gas. vs. coal.

[natasprotector]

@natasprotector soon all be *ran, sorry i know you are a grammar freak lol

[moparmonster1965]

@natasprotector Hmmm, natural gas versus coal? Polluted groundwater versus polluted air. Not much of choice, is it?

And who is "we?"

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 your only defense in this is to attack how i type on youtube. you are a control freak. you are crying because you have no say on how we extract gas that doesn't belong to you. you are what is wrong with america. you are a hypocrite, you could not live without natural gas, and that my asshole friend is why you will never win this debate. merry christmas. check mate

[moparmonster1965]

It's not my fault you're not very bright; I assume your parent were related before they got married, which explains your apparent lack of intelligence. You're a good example of a bad example, but I guess the world will always need ditch diggers and fry cooks, too.

You're like a Mormon apologist, poorly attempting to make a point and appearing foolish, and then claiming victory.

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 hahahaha keep em comin! a mormon (dumb dumb dumb) great south park episode! how many wine spitzers did you have before you typed this up last night LOL. Does your boyfriend know you play mean guy on youtube; is this some perverse role play you and your partner do?

[natasprotector]

@moparmonster1965 going to be a cold winter hope your boyfriend is hairy and thick enough to keep you warm since you will not be using any natural gas to heat your home.

[moparmonster1965]

There are also the water pits that are used to wash the coal, left like open sores. The highways are now uneven because of the German mineral rights company that burrows beneath them to get the coal that they're sitting on.

This doesn't even cover the oil wells from the beginning of the 20th century and the untold damage that the fracking operations are causing and will be responsible for years in the future.

[moparmonster1965]

@natasprotector What rape? The water that comes down the hills during a rainstorm is orange because it flows through the tailings of ancient coal mines, carrying with it iron ore and possible uranium contamination. Do you know what strip mining is? It was big when I was a kid, and it devastates the land as they cut layer after layer from the hills and then leave them as barren patches of scarred land when they're done.

[moparmonster1965]

@Loejyrrab Thank you. It seems as though Bush was looking to get involved in Iraq early on in his first term, within the first two weeks. Why? I believe it was because his father didn't depose Hussein when he had the chance the rightful justification to do so. Eight years after the fact is too late, no matter how much of an asshole he was.

[Loejyrrab]

@moparmonster1965 Mopar,the plans for Iraq were hatched yrs earlier.I'm sure you know of anti American org,PNAC.They proposed attacking the mideast for bogus reasons.They claimed a new Pearl Harbor was needed to get the American people on board,then along came 9/11. As Dana Carvey used to say, "Isn't that special" Yea friend, I don't believe the official story.Sure Saddam was a jerk, but he was a better bet than a Shiite takeover, which is what we got +5K dead US soldiers & several tril. blown.

[moparmonster1965]

@Loejyrrab Proposed versus history. Nothing otherwise has been proven, but conspiracy theorists are an interesting bunch, similar to Holocaust deniers and TBMs (true believing Mormons), using one piece of information to prove a preconceived notion and discarding that which doesn't confirm that conclusion.

[Loejyrrab]

@moparmonster1965 Agreed mopar! All the best.

[natasprotector]

@irrepressiblenobody actually obama doesnt give a shit, but his bank does. G. Soros. George soros has millions invested in wet gas production in South America and if we drill here then he has no place to make money of his investment.

[UncleMilo]

@TommyHolly1 I've been to de-bunk pages and they are circular logic. Michael Moore has posted defenses to every lame ass attempt to debunk his films. Furthermore... I note a lot of the people who hate Michael Moore seem to believe he makes his movies all by his lonesome... when he actually has a crew of people who help do the research. I always wonder about people who try to shut up these voices rather than take a look at the problems they're talking about. Perhaps you just want us all to die.

[rugdnit911]

People who vote for the GOP / Palin / Bush don't truly realize what these people mean when they say go'v needs to but out and let Joe Six Pack do their work. This is a crime.

[rugdnit911]

People who vote for the GOP / Palin / Bush don't truly realize what these people mean when they say go'v needs to but out and let Joe Six Pack do their work. This is a crime.

[Gaslandmovie]

Check out our youtube page for more videos about the dangers of natural gas drilling at

[willdrake1]

Its just sad.

Worse, its everywhere; its in everything.

Freemarket System! YES!

A question though...how many of these people who are being afffected vote and who do they vote for?

[crock703]

crazy. great film.

just saw the premiere, then caught the director on tonight's The Daily Show.

[nicoles1913]

watching this now. Another great gift generously given to us by the Bush/ Cheney Administration. Follow this up with Enron - The Smartest Guys In the Room and To Big to Fail and you have a great real life horror flick night.

[DruidAnthony]

0:30 They will just tell you that flames are ok for you teeth like they do with Fluoride.

I can't wait to watch this one

shared!

[joydubyadee]

Scary stuff!!!

[hoskeebo]

This is the next "big news item." If you're not aware of the dangers of unconventional natural gas drilling yet, you will be, soon. Get the jump on the masses and learn about this tragedy in the making by watching this movie.

[RevFelix]

Niki Clyne sent me here.

[macman2345]

Stop the drilling now. We are destroying our ground water and state forests. What good is the gas if all of the customers are dying of cancer?

[LeeRyan2930]

we're messed up. fish are dirty now its on the land. dirty water everywhere. pretty soon we all gonna get sick and die.