Fracking!
 

A month or two ago, anti-fracking was all the rage on facebook from the liberals.

I know nothing about fracking but I'm assuming it's awesome just because liberals are against it. serious.

Can't. Liberals.


Nuclear power, GMO, etc. Liberals are the new Luddites.

You should probably get over this idea that theres a group called liberals who all think the same thing.

That article sounds like it was written by a cheerleader. Is she hot?

I'm not one to frack and tell.

1. EnCana has put forth several statements severely criticizing the Pavillion report at EnCana.com. . Main criticisms seem to include that the water monitoring wells were drilled into a known natural gas prone area and zone so it's no surprise they found natural gas there. ( this has been a consistent issue for industry. Where people say industry activity introduces natural gas into a water reservoir when it was naturally occurring beforehand. That's why industry typically does water testing before , during and after their activities.. So they can assess if there are impacts on the water). EnCana Also claims that the EPA found chemicals tht EnCana did not use and also found contaminants in a relatively large number of their quality control samples. ( highly purified water which is tested to see if their are any issues with their sampling and testing methods.)

2. Earthquakes.. While a connection based on timing appears to exist, these is not yet much proof as to causation. Three decades of data is really nothing in geological terms and most of these earthquakes are not discernable without modern instrumentation. ... So we truly have very limited data. Personally I am concerned about this one as " don't know" is just that. The spike in seismic activity is something to investigate.

I suspect the recession has had a little something to do with that.

I notice that a lot of these fracking "earthquakes" are less than 3.0 magnitude. That's roughly similar to a fat girl taking up tap-dancing.

Just as an aside, earthquakes are a likely outcome whenever you push fluid under pressure into the ground. Like, when you build dams. Fluids get pushed into old faults and lubricate them, causing earthquakes (because they can slide easier) of considerably lower magnitude (because they can slide easier). There is nothing new here.

http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...secretanim.gif Manufacturing output...

Here we go:

In a little-noticed technical report, the U.S. Energy Information Agency, a part of the Energy Department, said this month that energy related U.S. CO2 emissions for the first four months of this year fell to about 1992 levels. Energy emissions make up about 98 percent of the total. The Associated Press contacted environmental experts, scientists and utility companies and learned that virtually everyone believes the shift could have major long-term implications for U.S. energy policy.

While conservation efforts, the lagging economy and greater use of renewable energy are factors in the CO2 decline, the drop-off is due mainly to low-priced natural gas, the agency said.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...08-16-22-39-40

There's not a lot of fracking going on in Ontario HC...

This.

Since you have more enthusiasm for this than me....

See if you can find some power consumption numbers for the same time period.

I'm not so hard on HC. He's a good boy.

I too was pretty ideologically rigid when I was a student and knew everything.

I'm not certain, but I believe the Freedom of Information Act would effectively give competitors access to that same information.

Asher is only saying that as a shill for Albertan oil.

Still butthurt over your econ thrashing the other day? http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/tongue.gif

If you want to drink toxic water, that is your choice. Just don't force the rest of us to drink toxic water.