South Texas Enjoys Major Boom from Eagle Ford Oil Shale Fracking (merged threads) (San Antonio: leasing, house)

[huckster]

I don't remember anything about fracking or its effects.

Originally Posted by sapphire

Don't we already have a thread on this?

[plwhit]

Originally Posted by huckster

One cannot stop economic progress, who would want to? But, as a mere counterpoint I have also heard of some negative collateral effects from rock fracturing to extract natural gas.
Haven't there been reports of methane getting into residential water supplies with- supposedly no negative effects to residents- during this fracturing process ? I believe I remember a news report stating such and possibly some negative effects also, from some people living adjacent to the areas where the fracturing and drilling are being done.

The EPA says the threat of contamination is almost 0%....

EPA Administrator Confirms: No fracking water contamination « Hot Air

When someone said their well water was contaminated and sued? They lost:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_827029.html

[L210]

A thread has been opened on this.

//www.city-data.com/forum/san-a...bs-coming.html

[Merovee]

Originally Posted by huckster

negative collateral effects from rock fracturing to extract natural gas.

Let us hope our environment does not become irreparably harmed. It will be harmed to some degree nonetheless since people cannot resist being lured by the economic incentive but once the industry moves on it will be our (native South Texan) heritage that will have been destroyed. This of course is hapenning in other places as well besides South Texas so hopefully there will be a collective effort to counter the harmful effects of fracking.

[L210]

Here is a more comprehensive article on the issue of fracking. Read both pages.

Baffled About Fracking? You're Not Alone - NYTimes.com

[ggeorgie]

The oil Boom is coming; very exciting for South Texas!!!!!

South Texas enjoys major boom from oil fracking - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110612/ap_on_re_us/us_gas_drilling_boom_towns - broken link)

[doss1]

Good, hopefully that will put more people to the southside of SA.

[verybadgnome]

Originally Posted by plwhit

The EPA says the threat of contamination is almost 0%....

EPA Administrator Confirms: No fracking water contamination « Hot Air

When someone said their well water was contaminated and sued? They lost:

Fracking Did Not Cause Water Well Contamination, State Rules

Duke University commissioned a study that said otherwise:

The study cited "evidence for methane contamination of drinking water associated with shale-gas extraction."

'Fracking' for natural gas is polluting ground water, study concludes - CSMonitor.com

[ashbeeigh]

I know this documentary is completely full of fear and scare tactics but it was good and recomended just to get an idea of what this whole thing is about.

Gasland: A film by Josh Fox

[The Black Irish]

Took the words right out of my mouth. Great documentary. There is a part in the doc where people are lighting their water on fire due to high levels of methane. Come to find out these huge fracking towers are already in place around the Ft. Worth area. My sister tried it at her place up there and sure enough her tap water caught fire. Point being how is that beneficial to our community if the water is contaminated? Furthermore, I am not quite sure how towns in that movie that were full of cancer patients/victims due to fracking is considered a scare tactic???