My condolences to all NY riders...Heard ban on Fracking was lifted.

[champion221elite]

While I always appreciate the feedback, I am concerned about where you getting your statistics from? You state yourself, " I do not have any official stats, but the percentage of faulty wells compared to fully contained, functional wells is likely under 1%." That statement does not make logical sense. Its akin to me saying I haven't watched the news today, nor am I a meteorologist or have any viable facts, but I'm guessing a 3% of a hurricane hitting the east coast today. I am certainly not trying to flame your statement, so please no :ban:, but when we are dealing with possible irreparable damage to our environment and the potential to destroy drinking water for millions of Americans, because that area feeds NY city, I would hope that we base our decisions on hard and empirical data. Your statement sounds like the National Realtors Association claiming that every home bought creates 2 jobs, just do the math on that one. I'm not going to get too preachy, , but science (not guesstimation) is what made us great as a nation and has brought us every single achievement that keeps us #1.

Those numbers I provided came from the company who drilled the well on my parents property. Those numbers might be skewed by the gas industry, but it's all I have. Not trying to blow smoke up anyone's ass, just merely saying that vast number of the wells operate without incident. There are literally thousands of gas wells operating in Northern Michigan alone. Combine those with other wells in the rest of the state and other states and you have the potential for tens of thousands of wells. Now research the documented cases of ground water contamination and compare it with the number of operational wells. I think you'll find the ratio of leaking/ faulty wells is quite small. Also, please understand I'm not discounting there are some wells which have failed and are leaking gas/ toxins into the local ground water. It's been well documented and is a real problem.

 

[lonesoldier84]

That fracking sucks.

 

[Hellgate]

This combined with horizontal drilling really allows "old" oil and gas to be recovered. We have trillions of cubic feet of natual gas in the US that is locked away in shale. Fracking allows its access. The potential problem is it may contribute to mini earth quakes. Its interesting how this has open up energy exploration in states that haven't been in energy for many years.

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[Humperdinkel]

Well i'll be fracked that is scary , glad my water puts out fires & doesnt fuel them :thumbup:

 

[The Toecutter]

We just LOVE natural gas wells and oil rigs here in Louisiana !! Y'all ever here of my favorite oil company B.P. ? they had a dead guy on their EMERGENCY call list and he had been deceased for a few YEARS !! gas and oil companies are just like the goverment and I beleive they are our REAL World Wide Goverment the guys in office are mearly their puppets........ they put up a gas well just a few hundred feet outside of my subdivision and there was nothing that could be done to stop them!! because our local goverment owned most of the land they wanted to drill,and I dont know how many of y'all know who Edwin Edwards is,I mention him because he filled his pockets with casino boat money thats why he went to prison,and I'm sure somebody will be going over our new Gas well's before to long. :spank: :spank: