No Fracking Way (part two)

According to Brad Gill, Executive Director
Independent Oil and Gas Association of New York... "natural gas is a clean, abundant and affordable fuel. Increasing production here in New York will help improve our economy, increase tax revenues and jobs, and bring our nation closer to energy independence."

"When you think about 1.3 million wells across the nation [that] have been fracked, [with] about 900,000 producing today, you can name several incidents that aren't true contamination but [simply] methane-charged water."


But what do the people who are drinking methane-charged water have to say?

"I wish that they had never come, obviously. We had peace and tranquility before... and it's just been an absolute living hell."
Resident of Dimock, Pennsylvania

Since 2008, over 4,000 gas wells have been drilled in Pennsylvania. Farmers in southwestern PA blame cattle deaths and mutations on local hydraulic fracturing. Other community complaints include tainted water, children getting sick, skin rashes, and neurological disorders.

"For the rest of my life I'm going to be living in fear of having that well there."
Resident of Dimock, Pennsylvania

Natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale in Dimock has released methane into the water supply, drinking water wells have exploded, and others were found to contain so much gas that one homeowner was told to open a window if he planned to take a bath.

"There has to be hope, because this is too crazy to let happen."
Resident of Dimock, Pennsylvania

In three (3) separate spills at the Heitsman well in a rural area just south of Montrose, PA about 8,000 gallons of a carcinogenic chemical -- used to ease resistance in gas well production -- polluted a wetland and caused a fish kill in Stevens Creek. The chemical, LGC-35 CBM, is manufactured by Halliburton. It dissolves in water (making cleanup extremely difficult), has led to skin cancer in animals and "may cause headache, dizziness and other central nervous system effects" to anyone who breathes or swallows it according to the Material Safety Data Sheets for LGC-35 CBM.

For slick water, high-volume hydrofracking, it is estimated that with each fracking, 2 to 9 million gallons of fresh water are used. About half of the frac fluid remains in the ground, while the other 1,000,000 to 4,000,000 gallons comes back up out of the well along with thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals and radioactive matter known as "produced water."

The United States Department of Energy considers the waste water from hydraulic fracturing to be one of the most toxic industrial byproducts of the gas and oil industry.

WE CAN IMPROVE OUR ECONOMY, INCREASE TAX REVENUES, AND CREATE JOBS WITH ABUNDANT, AFFORDABLE, CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY

Hey Brad Gill... that's TRUE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE!

For more information, and what Green Guerrillas are doing to support a JUST TRANSITION to clean energy and clean futures FOR ALL... check us out at http://changents.com/green-guerrillas.

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[OnenessNow]

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This process endangers WATER, AIR and SOIL for all of Humankind.

Help us BAN this Fracking and develop SOLAR, WIND TURBINE, MAGNETIC,

HYDRO KINETIC and GEO THERMAL.NOW.

[jtsaad]

When you can make me a solar or a wind car that will work 24-7 with the power I need, I'll be all ears. Till then Im gonna frac the shit out of every well that needs it.

[HumanSayNo]

I'll research Fracking if you research Chemtrails!

[natasprotector]

the state of New York has to feel so stupid

[natasprotector]

@BSMEPilot haha good call!

[artcalight13]

We need to stop burning stuff for energy. We need to stop the federal, state and local governments from giving tax subsidies and tax breaks to multi-million dollar fossil fuel corporations. China is way ahead of the U.S. in developing solar, wind etc. Does not matter whether fracturing will "soon" be waterless. Right now matters. Diesel trucks 24/7 matters. Water buffaloes in people's backyards matters. Pulling up of radiation and heavy metals from underground matters.

[walls0stone]

another wann-a Be who has no clue that fracturing will soon be a waterless business. that's bad news for water haulers but great news for those of us who hate ppl like this guy. want a real job sparky? go sling tongs.

[BSMEPilot]

Researching heavily huh?  Who's your advisor, Josh Fox?

[electricmeg]

Excellent! Thank you!!