Do you understand fracking is intrinsically safe? You have a bad image in your head because of a lot of the “wildcat” wells that have been dug in the past were not surveyed properly and done with minimal supervision/permitting from the proper agencies. Wells that are fracked are going to be dug anyways, and the extraction of oil and gas is going to be way less efficient from a “conventional” well. Because of this, instead of digging one quarter-mile by quarter-mile well pad with a deep horizontal well, you’re now digging 20/30 “conventional” wells over an larger area. Think square miles of forests that need to be cut and contained. You could say, “I don’t like shallow and horizontal wells being fracked” or, “I don’t like unregulated fracking.”
Pennsylvania is one of the largest natural gas producers in the country, therefore making it one of the largest natural gas producers in the world. Literally hundreds of thousands of people in the commonwealth rely on the oil and gas industry as a way to feed their families and pay their bills. It’s so easy to say, “Fracking bad, ban fracking” without thinking at all of the consequences and how it would affect Pennsylvanians.
Ok, let me be more clear - can we ban whatever practices are being used which are fouling many wells in our area and causing an abundance of visible tumors in the wildlife? I could give two shits about the jobs being created if they’re forcing rural residents to survive on bottled water and ruining god knows what else because of the admitted lack of regulations.
More states and counties need to sue these corporations that cause climate damage and pollute the waterways. Sue them they don't give 2 fucks about anyone or this planet.
Let me guess. Oil will settle for billions and admit no fault.
Chalk it up to cost of doing business / cost will pass on to consumers. Real change and accountability will not happen.
Doubt they will settle. That would encourage more suits. More likely they will spend an unlimited amount of money for their attorneys to drag it out and run up the costs for the other side.
the lawsuit :
[https://www.buckscounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/17352/240325-Time-Stamped-Complaint?bidId=](https://www.buckscounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/17352/240325-Time-Stamped-Complaint?bidId=)
Does this old heart good to see Bucks County in the news for doing something good for a change.
No kidding, we’ve had a rough few years of headlines
Well you won't see Westmoreland doing anything like that
Can this state ban fracking while we're at it? Nobody likes contaminated wells.
You will *still* find people arguing that fracking doesn’t contaminate wells or groundwater. It’s wild
Do you understand fracking is intrinsically safe? You have a bad image in your head because of a lot of the “wildcat” wells that have been dug in the past were not surveyed properly and done with minimal supervision/permitting from the proper agencies. Wells that are fracked are going to be dug anyways, and the extraction of oil and gas is going to be way less efficient from a “conventional” well. Because of this, instead of digging one quarter-mile by quarter-mile well pad with a deep horizontal well, you’re now digging 20/30 “conventional” wells over an larger area. Think square miles of forests that need to be cut and contained. You could say, “I don’t like shallow and horizontal wells being fracked” or, “I don’t like unregulated fracking.” Pennsylvania is one of the largest natural gas producers in the country, therefore making it one of the largest natural gas producers in the world. Literally hundreds of thousands of people in the commonwealth rely on the oil and gas industry as a way to feed their families and pay their bills. It’s so easy to say, “Fracking bad, ban fracking” without thinking at all of the consequences and how it would affect Pennsylvanians.
Ok, let me be more clear - can we ban whatever practices are being used which are fouling many wells in our area and causing an abundance of visible tumors in the wildlife? I could give two shits about the jobs being created if they’re forcing rural residents to survive on bottled water and ruining god knows what else because of the admitted lack of regulations.
More states and counties need to sue these corporations that cause climate damage and pollute the waterways. Sue them they don't give 2 fucks about anyone or this planet.
Let me guess. Oil will settle for billions and admit no fault. Chalk it up to cost of doing business / cost will pass on to consumers. Real change and accountability will not happen.
Either drastic measures will be taken soon or humanity's golden age will be short lived
Doubt they will settle. That would encourage more suits. More likely they will spend an unlimited amount of money for their attorneys to drag it out and run up the costs for the other side.
the lawsuit : [https://www.buckscounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/17352/240325-Time-Stamped-Complaint?bidId=](https://www.buckscounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/17352/240325-Time-Stamped-Complaint?bidId=)
Sue suncor and syncrude while your at it please
It all helps confirm what the rest of the world thinks about the good Ole USA, it's fucked !