Comments on: The Marcellus Who? A Source of Natural Gas in the Eastern U.S. http://greencollarrap.com/2009/06/22/the-marcellus-who-a-source-of-natural-gas-in-the-eastern-u-s/ Global Environmental News from a Hip Hop Culturalist Point of View. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:38:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: nexmillen http://greencollarrap.com/2009/06/22/the-marcellus-who-a-source-of-natural-gas-in-the-eastern-u-s/#comment-158 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:48:57 +0000 http://greencollarrap.com/?p=706#comment-158 If you consider 3.5 million gallons of water for some sites a small amount, good for you. People in the southwestern U.S. would likely disagree. Also, most water wells for household use are 100 to 500 feet deep, with some over 1000 feet. If yours is 1000s of feet deep, again, great. That requires some significant work and/or technology. Finally, if you’d like to learn about the radioactive material associated with horizontal drilling and shale, do some research on the Barnett Shale in Texas. The facts might surprise you.

Thanks for your comment. Keep reading and learning. Wisdom is neither “conservative” nor “liberal.”

]]> By: Sean http://greencollarrap.com/2009/06/22/the-marcellus-who-a-source-of-natural-gas-in-the-eastern-u-s/#comment-157 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:28:27 +0000 http://greencollarrap.com/?p=706#comment-157 I Just cannot believe that some how everybody always drags in Sarah Palin into every aspect of life. Secondly, prove to me that small amounts of surface water, which are retained by an on-site built retention pond built specifically for the drilling , are going to get into the water supply? Since many of the area which this drilling is taking place have advanced water treatment facilities. Also, many of the rural people have wells, which are hundreds to thousands of feet deep, which I have, so tell me how a minimal amount of water will, in the scale of the world, will make its way down layers of bedrock to my well? I am sure that if there actually were any REAL problems with this the conservatives and liberals would bring this up. So, since it is one side biased this is nothing more than liberal trying to do what they do best, which is polluting the minds of the unknowing America. Lastly how is shale or rock radioactive, last time I checked it wasn’t.

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