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17. What does "cheap auto gas" have to do with the natural gas derived from fracking?

Sun Feb 26, 2012, 06:34 PM

Feb 2012

Is your car powered by natural gas?

The big surge to get to the Marcellus Shale gas is not to provide the gas to the United States--it is all about putting it on the world market, and ultimately selling it to China and India.

If a gas company is drilling a Marcellus Shale well, they most likely are going to be doing fracking. Why would a corporation spend the money to drill a well, and then not extract the natural gas from it? It takes millions of dollars to build those well pads; they're not going to waste their time and money building them just for shits and giggles.

Fracking most certainly does have everything to do with gas drilling. Let's not sugar coat it. Halliburton invented the toxic-chemical-laden fracking process just to get to this gas.

God help the people who live in the Utica Shale, because they're the real target of Big Oil and Gas.

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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