https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/what-the-f-is-fracking-and-why-dont-you-want-it-anywhere-near-your-water/ The expert help you need to live the greener, healthier life you want. Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:52:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/what-the-f-is-fracking-and-why-dont-you-want-it-anywhere-near-your-water/#comment-1440 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:52:47 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/what-the-f-is-fracking-and-why-dont-you-want-it-anywhere-near-your-water/#comment-1440 What a great explanation of the significant downside of this technology. Esp. interesting that it may not even fulfill the promise of lowering the carbon footprint of our energy use.

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/what-the-f-is-fracking-and-why-dont-you-want-it-anywhere-near-your-water/#comment-1439 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:51:33 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/what-the-f-is-fracking-and-why-dont-you-want-it-anywhere-near-your-water/#comment-1439 Well, for the long term, we need to put more state and federal resources into developing technologies that use solar, wind, and geothermal, rather than gas, oil, and coal. But for the short term, this industry could do a much, much better job on the safety side – containing the water it pollutes, finding a better way to get at the natural gas than fracturing the rock, etc. We need to put a priority on people’s health, not on fossil fuels.

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/what-the-f-is-fracking-and-why-dont-you-want-it-anywhere-near-your-water/#comment-1438 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:10:45 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/what-the-f-is-fracking-and-why-dont-you-want-it-anywhere-near-your-water/#comment-1438 OK,
I own a prius, I use recyclable shopping bags, etc…I’m down with the green, but a question…. Other than just “not doing it”… what is the proposed alternative? Or, if you “dont do it” what does that mean for getting the gas?

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/what-the-f-is-fracking-and-why-dont-you-want-it-anywhere-near-your-water/#comment-1437 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:52:42 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/what-the-f-is-fracking-and-why-dont-you-want-it-anywhere-near-your-water/#comment-1437 The land I was trying to buy in South Haven, MI which was “fracked” back in the 50s; they were using salt water to drill with at the time. It poisoned the ground water so bad that the ground water that’s left must be pumped up and into holding ponds to air off before it can be used to water nearby blueberry fields — 60 years later they are still dealing with the results of a poor decision.

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/what-the-f-is-fracking-and-why-dont-you-want-it-anywhere-near-your-water/#comment-1436 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:38:23 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/what-the-f-is-fracking-and-why-dont-you-want-it-anywhere-near-your-water/#comment-1436 Yay, Jersey! Now let’s hope lots of other states follow suit.

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/what-the-f-is-fracking-and-why-dont-you-want-it-anywhere-near-your-water/#comment-1435 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:43:47 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/what-the-f-is-fracking-and-why-dont-you-want-it-anywhere-near-your-water/#comment-1435 It’s rare as a “Jersey Girl” these days that I get to be proud of my state for something in the news. Between this and sponsoring the cosmetics act that’s two recently! Glad fracking’s not going to happen here. I was reading just yesterday a kindle e-book titled “chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing”, which was rather eye opening to me in explaining the sheer volume of toxic chemicals used in the process. The article you linked to in the NY times was also very enlightening.

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