Fracking-well blast 60 miles from Pittsburgh leaked more methane than some countries emit in a year (buy, live in)

[xdv8]

Fracking-well blast 60 miles from Pittsburgh leaked more methane than some countries emit in a year

In 2018, a natural-gas well exploded near Powhatan Point in Ohio, a small town that sits along the Ohio River, just 60 miles from Pittsburgh as the crow flies. The fracking well was owned and operated by a subsidiary of oil giant Exxon.

According to a study published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, this single explosion emitted a gargantuan amount of methane into the atmosphere. Over the 20 days it took for Exxon to plug the well, more than 57,000 metric tons of methane was released, at a rate of about 120 metric tons of methane per hour.

[erieguy]

Hopefully they were punished and fined to the full extent of the law, and make sure standards are set in place so it never happens again.

[tyovan4]

And? It had no impact here in Pgh.

The article goes on to talk about clean and renewable energy.. why the obsession with new technology (wind, solar, et al) when nuclear technology already exists? Instead, we're allowing nuclear power plants to shutter.
Three Mile Island closed this fall.. And I grew up less than a mile from the gate of that plant, so I don't really buy any 'but the danger of a meltdown' anecdotes - especially if natural gas is gonna kill us all in 12 years anyway...

[svband76]

Why do Democrat candidates widely support fracking when it employs way less people than coal and is no better environmentally, more or less? And voters blindly support them. I don't get it. Drive 79 South lately and marvel at the wonders of fracking.

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by erieguy

Hopefully they were punished and fined to the full extent of the law, and make sure standards are set in place so it never happens again.

Agreed.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by zalewskimm

Why do Democrat candidates widely support fracking when it employs way less people than coal and is no better environmentally, more or less? And voters blindly support them. I don't get it. Drive 79 South lately and marvel at the wonders of fracking.

What democratic candidates are widely supporting it, and what voters are blindly supporting them?

[svband76]

Originally Posted by erieguy

What democratic candidates are widely supporting it, and what voters are blindly supporting them?

Our governor. Rich Fitzgerald. Joe Biden, who has said it would be impossible for a Democrat candidate to ban fracking. Most Dems support oil & gas exploration. Some may call for regulating the enviro impacts but they still are ok with it.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by zalewskimm

Our governor. Rich Fitzgerald. Joe Biden, who has said it would be impossible for a Democrat candidate to ban fracking. Most Dems support oil & gas exploration. Some may call for regulating the enviro impacts but they still are ok with it.

I see many that want to limit and regulate it, but as far as them being okay with it, that’s their bank account talking...and yes, the same ones complaining are the same ones that vote for them. It won’t be long before fracking is in the area.

[Independentthinking83]

Originally Posted by xdv8

Fracking-well blast 60 miles from Pittsburgh leaked more methane than some countries emit in a year

Why are you talking about something that happened in Ohio 60 miles away? The fact you are letting us know a year and a half later tells us it was insignificant. Didn't even affect Pittsburgh.

Originally Posted by erieguy

Hopefully they were punished and fined to the full extent of the law, and make sure standards are set in place so it never happens again.

Agreed. I am sure they were. Leave it to the OP to research that one

Originally Posted by tyovan4

And? It had no impact here in Pgh.

The article goes on to talk about clean and renewable energy.. why the obsession with new technology (wind, solar, et al) when nuclear technology already exists? Instead, we're allowing nuclear power plants to shutter.
Three Mile Island closed this fall.. And I grew up less than a mile from the gate of that plant, so I don't really buy any 'but the danger of a meltdown' anecdotes - especially if natural gas is gonna kill us all in 12 years anyway...

Because the far left believe we can live in a world without pollution.

Originally Posted by zalewskimm

Why do Democrat candidates widely support fracking when it employs way less people than coal and is no better environmentally, more or less? And voters blindly support them. I don't get it. Drive 79 South lately and marvel at the wonders of fracking.

Could you provide information on this? This seems to be more of your opinion.

[KoNgFooCj]

To a certain extent it does sound kind of important. Pittsburgh is not all that far from Ohio so if that state engages in activities which people in this state deem problematic, well then this state isn't left with many options now is it?