Natural gas boom projected to fuel job growth

Fuel Fix ^ | December 6, 2011 | Jennifer A. Dlouhy

[thackney]

Natural Gas has existed in most of those water wells long before they started hydraulic fracturing in the area. Some of the water wells actually drilled into shallow gas fields not related to the shale development.

Data Confirm Safety Of Well Fracturing - JULY 2010
http://www.aogr.com/index.php/magazine/frac-facts

...Since that fateful day in 1949, hydraulic fracturing has done more to increase recoverable reserves than any other technique. In the more than 60 years following those first treatments, more than 2 million frac treatments have been pumped with no documented case of any treatment polluting an aquifer.

...

Studies conducted by governmental agencies and respected authorities have unanimously concluded that hydraulic fracturing is safe. The Environmental Protection Agency, the Ground Water Protection Council and the Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission all have found hydraulic fracturing nonthreatening to the environment or public health.

As displayed on the Energy in Depth Web site (http://www.energyindepth.com/), the GWPC’s survey of state energy regulatory agencies found no documented cases of contaminated drinking water linked to hydraulic fracturing. The GWPC also concluded that state regulations were sufficient to ensure the integrity of the water supply. A 2002 study conducted by the IOGCC confirmed the GWPC’s conclusion that no evidence could be found of contaminated drinking water related to hydraulic fracturing.

more at link

[driftless2]

My own view is that if you could them to admit it, most female libs, like my sisters, vote Dem to support abortion. My sisters tacitly have said as much when at different times I've asked them why they were going to vote for a certain Dem candidate. They all replied, separately from one another, that they were worried that a teenage girl wouldn't be able to get an abortion. They know diddly squat about most major issues. Or history or a lot of other things. For them, abortion "rights" trumps everything including national defense, the economy, all issues.

They do however know all the movie stars and latest movies, tv shows, fashion, etcetera. Like most people who vote for Dems, they have scant knowledge of why and how the free-market system has created the conditions which have allowed them to live such grand lives. They certainly wouldn't want to live the green/Occupandia lifestyle.

[SailormanCGA72]

I agree. What would happen if the states told the EPA or NLRB to stuff it? Would Obama send in federal troops? Would the troops fire on its own citizens? It is time to resist the bureaucrats from Washington.

[MrB]

And further, if you pressed them, they’d say that they’d accept the fact that many girls are pressured into abortions by boyfriends or child molesters

as long as it remained available “for those who need it”.

[fabian]

Yes! Tell them to go to hell...we want our country back and we are willing to take it back! How dare they...

[gwjack]

thackney —

Thanks for the link on rig activity. It is certainly telling.

Gwjack

P.S. My apologies for my slow response.

[thackney]

More info at:

North America Rotary Rig Counts – Current Week Data
By State, type and Historical data
http://investor.shareholder.com/bhi/rig_counts/rc_index.cfm

Interactive Graphical Current Rig Data
http://gis.bakerhughesdirect.com/RigCounts/default2.aspx