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It’s my hope these facts about high-volume hydraulic fracturing will convince people to demand our rights. I’m a private citizen concerned about our right to safe air and water. I’m concerned about our right not to have our property turned over to corporate control.
- Companies are making their money from Wall St. investors rather than profits. Wells may not yield long-term gas sources. Most well workers come from outside the area. This may all be an elaborate Ponzi scheme with little economic benefit to Livingston County.
- There are safer alternatives that would create many jobs (renewable sources like photovoltaic, passive-solar, wind, water and geothermal).
- Even with added staff, the DEC doesn’t have adequate budget or regulations to investigate, inspect, or monitor all the proposed wells.
- There are an overwhelming number of cases of people that live near these wells becoming seriously ill.
- Lubricants for the drill bit contain hazardous chemicals that are injected directly into the aquifer because the initial drilling has to be into the raw earth before the well is cased.
- It takes millions of gallons of water to create cracks that release natural gas. Toxic chemicals are 0.5 percent of the total fracking fluid, but this is still over 20 tons of chemicals used with every million gallons of water with 20 percent to 70 percent of fracking fluids remain underground for years.
- Vertical spaces underground will allow the raw natural gas into groundwater. The natural gas becomes poisonous when it evaporates out of the water into houses.
- Separators, condensate tanks and drilling pits constantly give off chemicals into the air that are extremely hazardous to human health.
- Modern, high-volume fracturing is crucially different from the old process. The volume, pressure and duration of water used are much greater. The old method did not use horizontal drilling. The chemical cocktail used now is much more dangerous.
Is leasing worth it if it destroys our farmland and makes our kids and neighbors sick? What if you get sick? You can’t spend money if you’re dead. Isn’t America supposed to be where we look out for the average Joe and don’t let big, bureaucratic, selfish cartels destroy this beautiful land and make people deathly ill?
Don’t expect corporate moneymen and government agencies to give you all the facts. Do your own research. Make your voice heard at Dansville Middle School Nov. 16 before it’s too late.
Chris Norton
Hunt
It’s my hope these facts about high-volume hydraulic fracturing will convince people to demand our rights. I’m a private citizen concerned about our right to safe air and water. I’m concerned about our right not to have our property turned over to corporate control.
- Companies are making their money from Wall St. investors rather than profits. Wells may not yield long-term gas sources. Most well workers come from outside the area. This may all be an elaborate Ponzi scheme with little economic benefit to Livingston County.
- There are safer alternatives that would create many jobs (renewable sources like photovoltaic, passive-solar, wind, water and geothermal).
- Even with added staff, the DEC doesn’t have adequate budget or regulations to investigate, inspect, or monitor all the proposed wells.
- There are an overwhelming number of cases of people that live near these wells becoming seriously ill.
- Lubricants for the drill bit contain hazardous chemicals that are injected directly into the aquifer because the initial drilling has to be into the raw earth before the well is cased.
- It takes millions of gallons of water to create cracks that release natural gas. Toxic chemicals are 0.5 percent of the total fracking fluid, but this is still over 20 tons of chemicals used with every million gallons of water with 20 percent to 70 percent of fracking fluids remain underground for years.
- Vertical spaces underground will allow the raw natural gas into groundwater. The natural gas becomes poisonous when it evaporates out of the water into houses.
- Separators, condensate tanks and drilling pits constantly give off chemicals into the air that are extremely hazardous to human health.
- Modern, high-volume fracturing is crucially different from the old process. The volume, pressure and duration of water used are much greater. The old method did not use horizontal drilling. The chemical cocktail used now is much more dangerous.
Is leasing worth it if it destroys our farmland and makes our kids and neighbors sick? What if you get sick? You can’t spend money if you’re dead. Isn’t America supposed to be where we look out for the average Joe and don’t let big, bureaucratic, selfish cartels destroy this beautiful land and make people deathly ill?
Don’t expect corporate moneymen and government agencies to give you all the facts. Do your own research. Make your voice heard at Dansville Middle School Nov. 16 before it’s too late.
Chris Norton
Hunt
