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Curmudgeoness

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8. You are right about the water requirements for fracking.

Reply to cmd (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 9, 2012, 09:14 PM

Jan 2012

It takes from 2 to 8 million gallons of water to frack one well. And every gallon of that water used is now contaminated. The waste is incredible.

And on a side note, the gas that they are producing is not necessarily staying here. They have great plans to ship it overseas---so much for making us "energy independent". We will continue to waste fuel, but we will not necessarily benefit from Marcellus and Utica Shale gas.

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Dimock PA water woes continue [View all] Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 OP

Being from eastern Ohio I was quite interested in this as well. limpyhobbler Jan 2012 #1

I am in western PA, so I understand Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #2

Tusc. Co OH here and very concerned cmd Jan 2012 #3

Kasich said that Ohio is going to implement the "toughest standards" for drilling Kolesar Jan 2012 #4

I don't believe a word Kasich says cmd Jan 2012 #5

Long commute here....I hate snow. Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #7

Tough standards only work if Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #6

You are right about the water requirements for fracking. Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #8

The "answer" to more gas drilling is an efficiency program to conserve natural gas Kolesar Jan 2012 #9

Have you heard that they are trying to do just the opposite? Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #10