ink face Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 So I'd never heard of this until yesterday, it's called hydraulic fracturing, and it's how natural gas is drilled out the ground. Basically the short version is that these natural gas companies go to people and offer something like $5000/acre to drill on their land, but fail to mention that the "frakking" process involves injecting millions of gallons of chemical infused water into the ground to break apart the underground rock which makes more gas accessible. This process is leaving about half of the water that is injected each time(one well can be frakked as many as 18 times in it's life), and is currently unregulated by the EPA as it is no longer held accountable to the clean water act. So basically, people's drinking water from all over the country has been turning undrinkable after these wells are put near their water supplies, so much so that it is common for people affected to be able to actually light the water coming out of their faucets ON FIRE. This documentary that's out on HBO called GASLAND gets much more in depth, here's a link to a show with the director on PBS which gives a general overview of what's happening. The scariest part, aside from losing our drinking water, is that no one's even talking about this. It's been happening for almost 10 years now, and going unregulated for 5, how much damage has already been done? the pbs interview; http://video.pbs.org/video/1452296560/ the movie :GASLAND; http://www.sbs.com.au/films/movie/9626/GasLand- if this link doesn't work, sorry, but it was the only one i could find. If you have HBO you can watch the movie ON DEMAND under hbo documentaries. discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyViking Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I'm from New Jersey, I'm used to crummy/contaminated water. but really that does suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crack rock steady Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I actually just scrolled through the documentry section on hbo and saw that. Now i am going to go watch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ink face Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 it's good, the guy narrating's voice is a little annoying, but worth the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcs Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 i read about this. Unless i am mistaken its happening around and about Louisiana. Like that region hasn't been thru enough already. The article involved a bunch of cows dying from contaminated water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ink face Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 it's happening there and many other place, so far they are doing this type of drilling in 34 states. They are looking at setting up as many as 200,000 wells above or near the new york city water supply, putting nearly 16 million people's drinking water at risk. pretty fucking serious if you asked me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I'm guessing the deregulation happened when Bush Jr. was in office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ink face Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 that is correct, under Cheney's lead, and not so ironically, Halliburton is one of the leading suppliers of drilling equipment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griteeth Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 bush/cheney the gift that keeps on giving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsmbfan Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 like an evil tag team combo /nh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellBusRide Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Very scary indeed.Theres no end to the ways these fuckers wanna fuck the planet up for profit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferris Bueller Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Which America? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cunt sauce Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Water Rights is a pretty interesting yet depressing topic. FLOW is another great documentary. Vandana Shiva is the shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earmuffs Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 boo fucking whooo another person who has no clue what they are talking about.. whats next you gonna post a Micheal Moore video? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsmbfan Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 the man^^^^^^^ thats a bad break br0. why you's gotta pollute my water? well, not MY water.... my water is bomb you know ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 boo fucking whooo another person who has no clue what they are talking about.. whats next you gonna post a Micheal Moore video? Slightly defensive, are we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplegrape Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 The facts will never be straight. It's all propaganda. A good friend of mine works for one of these drilling companies in PA, what he tells me does not coincide with the media even to a minimum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPS Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 http://www.cenovus.com/operations/technology/sagd.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 The facts will never be straight. It's all propaganda. A good friend of mine works for one of these drilling companies in PA, what he tells me does not coincide with the media even to a minimum. You might want to consider what he actually knows based on first hand experience versus what has he been told numerous times by his employers. There's probably a disconnect there. I don't have to deal with this personally, but I do know that a lot of environmental issues tend to sound far fetched at first....once it's too hard to ignore and/or science bears it out to be true, that's when it becomes a crusade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cunt sauce Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I don't have to deal with this personally, but I do know that a lot of environmental issues tend to sound far fetched at first....once it's too hard to ignore and/or science bears it out to be true, that's when it becomes a crusade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 You did see the "when properly used" clause in there, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fadedglory Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 not only do they make money fucking our water up but they also get money from selling bottle water to us.. its a win win for them and a lose lose for us.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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