Hydrofracking Drilling

Ithaca, NY singer/songwriter Will Fudeman takes his tongue from his cheek to sing his new song about impending "hydrofracking" natural gas drilling that huge energy corporations intend to bring to the hills, valleys. forest, and farms of upstate New York, promising to transform the landscape more than anything since the clearing of the forests 200 years ago. To learn more, see http://www.shaleshock.org/.

The words of Wil's song: Hydrofracking Drilling (tune of Chattanooga Choo choo)
Pardon me, sir. I wonder if you might be willing To sign a lease. Your money troubles will cease. After a while, we'll do some hydrofracking drilling. Natural gas. Don't say our motives are crass. You know we need the energy we've got here at home. And nobody can heat their house reciting a poem. Hot air comes from somewhere- Under yonder hill there. Blast a nasty chemical through shale if you dare To contract with us. We've got the money if you want it. Nothing to fear. We need your signature here. The gas is all there. It's just your land and shale upon it. Pump out your lake. I swear it's not a mistake.
c. Will Fudeman, October, 2009. Performed here by Will with Tom Sieling- harmonica, Colleen Kattau- vocal, John Simon (off-camera)- guitar

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[nathanb2004]

i used to frac wells for a living in oklahoma. Drilling for oil and gas is not easy. The energy industry has come along way since its inception and I will be the first to admit that drilling and the completion process CAN have environmental consequences, but we have taken every precaution to prevent spills. We drill far below the water table under impermeable rock. The only way that a spill could occur is if they have a week cement job and the casing blows during the frac job.

[YnotMahargni]

Thanks for your comment, Nathan.

[fizzixrox]

While your little diddy cutely depicts the NRG companies as evil, destructive villians and landowners as bumbling fools it does not suggest any solutions to our NRG needs. I might point out that many of these bumbling fools have been farming their land for a lot of years and I suspect keeping what appears to be your well fed face supplied with food.

[YnotMahargni]

You're the one calling people bumbling fools. But if you look at the deceptive leases people are being misled to sign, you won't put the blame on landowners but rather stealth practices by the oil and gas industry. To argue that one must address the entire field of energy needs before calling for proper regulation of one type of energy extraction is absurd. By the way, I used to work on a farm. I have the greatest respect for the intelligence, creativity, and hard work of farmers.

[toosad444]

Link will not post, article title is: Radioactive waste surfaces at Texas gas sites

In Denton, Tarrant and Wise counties, all kinds of equipment – from pipes and separators to frac and brine-hauling tanks – were decontaminated of NORM – the most toxic waste the wells can generate.

[dragongal9]

I want to know how much does it cost and is it possible to clean the water effectively once a spill occurs. Does anyone know?

[YnotMahargni]

Ah, the stove in the video, not the one in my house (not this house). Looks like a wood stove, friend. I'm not interested in your debate on this one, but if you are going to compare environmental impacts, you need to look at the entire picture, not just combustion.

[YnotMahargni]

"with strict regulation and oversight"

THAT is the whole issue! In the words of one environmental attorney who has reviewed the entire 800 plus pages of the dSGEIS, if this document were a set of familie rules, it would be a teenager's dream come true of freedom and lack of regulation. Dick Cheney's energy bill relieved the oil and gas industry of having to obey the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Safe Drinking Water Act.

[fizzixrox]

By the way you never answered the question. What do you burn in the stove? Judging from the diameter of the pipe it's not natural gas.

[fizzixrox]

The point is every energy source has environmental risks associated with it. While hydrofracking has had accidents there are also many examples of its application resulting is productive wells with minimal environmental hazard. Leads me to believe that with strict regulation and oversight Marcellus can be safely tapped using hydrofracking. So what's your real motivation? Minimizing global env. risk associated w/ energy sources or just keeping the risk in someone elses backyard.