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In reply to the discussion: Dimock PA water woes continue [View all]

Curmudgeoness

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10. Have you heard that they are trying to do just the opposite?
Tue Jan 10, 2012, 07:53 PM
Jan 2012

Instead of conserving natural gas (or any other energy source for that matter), they are trying to get municipalities to convert buses to run on natural gas, and to put in gas stations for natural gas----and all at the expense of subsidies from the state of PA. And I am sure this will continue to move to other states with shale gas.

All of this at the same time that they are building or trying to build compression plants so they will be able to ship the gas overseas. So much for energy independence for us!

And yes, there is no rush to get all this gas today----prudence should prevail and we should take this slower and make sure we have a safe way to do it, if that is even possible. I am not so sure it is possible.....with the massive amounts of water required, chemicals that could ruin drinking water, and no way to clean that water and problems disposing it.

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