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15. Subsurface formations are fractured far from a point directly underneath the hole where it starts.

Sun Feb 26, 2012, 05:55 PM

Feb 2012

If you don't think people who live in the next county will be hiring ambulance chasing lawyers to sue somebody/everybody you don't know much about the 'legal' system these days.

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2nd New York state judge upholds fracking ban in towns [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2012 OP

"over the where" dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #1

The "how" nowadays includes much of the 'where', a point the judge ignored or missed. Fortran Feb 2012 #3

IMHO, the "how" does not include the "where." blue neen Feb 2012 #4

Subsurface formations are fractured far from a point directly underneath the hole where it starts. Fortran Feb 2012 #15

That's correct. The toxic fracking chemicals are put through laterals up to 1 1/2 miles away. blue neen Feb 2012 #18

You obviously are quite ignorant of the legal system if you PA Democrat Feb 2012 #23

Apparently you never heard of contingency fees or class action suits. Fortran Feb 2012 #29

Spare me your insults. A contingency fee means that the plaintiff's attorney bears all the costs PA Democrat Feb 2012 #33

I'll go with the "how." nt DocMac Feb 2012 #2

Go New York! blue neen Feb 2012 #5

Do you think gas companies are going to tell the truth Thinkingabout Feb 2012 #6

Pure water christx30 Feb 2012 #7

Good one. Thanks for the laugh. proverbialwisdom Feb 2012 #12

woot ellisonz Feb 2012 #8

IOW "Home Rule" rules and communities get to determine their own destiny. from the court ruling Agony Feb 2012 #9

REC! Great News. DON'T drink the flammable water. L. Coyote Feb 2012 #10

Love it SnakeEyes Feb 2012 #11

State Pre-emption Pesticide Laws are being battled out across the country, links here: proverbialwisdom Feb 2012 #13

Of course Frack wells can be drilled over a mile and a half horizontally from the well head. mackdaddy Feb 2012 #14

A ban on gas drilling has nothing to do with fracking which is a completely separate activity Fortran Feb 2012 #16

What does "cheap auto gas" have to do with the natural gas derived from fracking? blue neen Feb 2012 #17

Halliburton did not invent it, they got some of the earlier patents. I worked in Okla and Illinois Fortran Feb 2012 #19

Lots of interesting info on Halliburton: blue neen Feb 2012 #20

The truck isn't actually mine, it belongs to the city. It is a 2010 Chevy part of a fleet they had Fortran Feb 2012 #21

Oh, by the way, not to defend Halliburton, but 50 years ago they were just another company Fortran Feb 2012 #22

Yes, human will use resources to keep from freezing, but why does it have to be fossil fuels? blue neen Feb 2012 #25

You're absolutely right, there is current technology that can fill in that gap, it is nuclear. Fortran Feb 2012 #27

The fundamental problem is this: blue neen Feb 2012 #31

The cleanup that I find "so praiseworthy?" Really? Does that mean you don't? blue neen Feb 2012 #34

Cost to convert your engine to run on natural gas is $12,500 - $22,500. PA Democrat Feb 2012 #26

Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #28

Let's see. There are between 21 and 50 CNG filling stations in the entire state of Texas. blue neen Feb 2012 #30

Pointing out the fallacy of your argument does not equal "defending gasoline." PA Democrat Feb 2012 #32

Good to hear that NY has not sold out to the natural gas industry like my state has. PA Democrat Feb 2012 #24