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Old 07-14-2010, 11:34 AM
 
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I haven't really been following the Marcellus stuff or anything. Is this a good thing or bad thing? I have some friends that live in NF and I guess one saw a special on HBO about gas drilling and said they can't even drink the water?

North Fayette approves lease for gas drilling
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Old 07-14-2010, 11:41 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh area
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It's weird. Read that earlier, says they're allowed to drill horizontally under certain township-owned land but not allowed to do anything on the surface. I'm not sure what exactly excluding surface rights will prevent. Seems like a lot of the fracking concerns with groundwater, etc. could still be an issue even with the more limited rights.
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Old 07-14-2010, 12:22 PM
 
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The only known (and plausible) risks to groundwater or to surface water are from improperly-cased vertical shafts and spills of wastewater or chemicals on the surface. So it makes some sense to only allow the horizontal part if you are concerned about water issues, although you would still want to make sure the casings were adequate.

That special on HBO had an agenda and got various factual issues wrong. That doesn't necessarily mean it was all wrong, nor that people shouldn't be concerned about these issues. But I wouldn't advise accepting that special at face value.
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Old 07-15-2010, 03:11 PM
 
Location: North Oakland
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Gasland was scary enough that I don't want fracking in my neighborhood. Supposedly they're going to frack in Lawrenceville, by which I mean Lawrenceville, the neighborhood, not Lawrenceville, the town up by the NY state border (though maybe they are going to do it in Lawrenceville, the town, too).
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Old 07-15-2010, 03:31 PM
 
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The maker of Gasland certainly wanted you to be scared. Whether you should be that scared is a different matter.
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