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Old 02-20-2013, 02:54 PM
 
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Hold up, let's assume the water stays OKAY. Does this mean one should be buying property in Moon Township, Robinson Township and Coraopolis?
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Old 02-20-2013, 03:03 PM
 
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Hold up, let's assume the water stays OKAY. Does this mean one should be buying property in Moon Township, Robinson Township and Coraopolis?
The article says that by law the money goes to the airport, nowhere else.

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By Federal Aviation Administration regulation, any proceeds must go toward the airport, so county officials hope to use revenues to fuel economic development within the 9,000 acres and to pay off airport debt.

Read more: Pittsburgh International Airport drilling contract OK'd - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Old 02-20-2013, 03:09 PM
 
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Reduced airport fees? Maybe? I probably shouldn't hold my breathe.
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Old 02-20-2013, 03:27 PM
 
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We are from Texas. We were transferred to the Scranton area to drill 3 years ago. Scranton’s economy is awful! Scrantonites are afraid of drilling and unwelcoming... most big company rigs are moving out. Talk is we are being transferred to Pitts, we’ll know in about 30 days. So we’ll bring our money and our families to Pitts and see how it goes. By the way, the water’s still good in Texas, and the economy is even sweeter!!
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Old 02-20-2013, 03:37 PM
 
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Scranton’s economy is awful! Scrantonites are afraid of drilling and unwelcoming...
They're smart. Some things are more important than money.

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So we’ll bring our money and our families to Pitts and see how it goes.
Pittsburgh doesn't need money, nor negative attitudes towards our region.

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By the way, the water’s still good in Texas...
Texas never had marcellus shale drilling.

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...and the economy is even sweeter!!
Then why didn't you stay there? That's a serious question.

For all your negativity about Pennsylvania, it seems illogical that you would move here if the economy is soooooooooo much better in Texas.

After all, you moved to Pennsylvania for a JOB!
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Old 02-20-2013, 03:47 PM
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Glad I have FC Authority water supply. Drill away. Hope it makes Pittsburgh a big player again. Maybe PIT will be a hub once again? Hopeful, but not paying that much attention. DC isn't that far away to get a flight, so that is the only real international airport for us at the moment.
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Old 02-20-2013, 04:03 PM
 
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Glad I have FC Authority water supply. Drill away.
Guess you missed the aquifer water makes it to the surface. They're drilling right up river from you at the Mills and beyond.
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Old 02-20-2013, 04:25 PM
 
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Hopes, aquafers are hundreds of feet down. Drilling is over 8 thousand feet down. Many people have claimed to have their wells ruined by drilling. Every single one has been proven wrong. It turns out that they were either contaminated by their own septic systems, gas was already naturally in their water, or they lied trying to get money from the drilling companies. That includes the wells in Dimock, Pa.

The worst that has happened is a douchebag named Ben Lupo dumped a few tankers of brine waste into the Mahoning River. His companies have been shut down, and he is going to prison for a long time. The ODNR has cleaned up the spill, and there is no long term damage. The 100,000 gallons that he dumped is nothing compared to what the mills discharged every day.
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Old 02-20-2013, 04:36 PM
 
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We are from Texas. We were transferred to the Scranton area to drill 3 years ago. Scranton’s economy is awful! Scrantonites are afraid of drilling and unwelcoming... most big company rigs are moving out. Talk is we are being transferred to Pitts, we’ll know in about 30 days. So we’ll bring our money and our families to Pitts and see how it goes. By the way, the water’s still good in Texas, and the economy is even sweeter!!
Workers and companies that come from somewhere else and leave as soon as conditions get a bit hard is exactly what I worry about. It's an invitation to shortcuts that hurt long term environmental conditions.
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Old 02-20-2013, 04:50 PM
 
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The 100,000 gallons that he dumped is nothing compared to what the mills discharged every day.
It blows my mind that people try to use the Steel Mills to justify it.

Region at risk: Can higher rates of death be linked to air pollution? - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

'One of the worst' areas - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

'Clusters' of death - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Just imagine the rates long ago when the steel industry was thriving and it got dark before noon.

Our region should continue to work towards eliminating pollution of all kinds. There is no reason to go backwards.
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