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Post by kimmsrđź•Š on Jun 13, 2015 6:43:55 GMT -5
So the EPA has issued a "draft" report on Hydraulic Fracturing that found no problems with the practice. That, in my opinion, flies in the face of what we learned back in the 1970's when many chemical companies dumped their toxic poisons on the ground and it contaminated the ground water. While that report did not absolve the industry and did not state the "fracking" is safe, finding problems with water contamination did exist, the researchers report that problems are not very widespread. At least one report I heard indicated the researchers did not look into Pennsylvania where numerous wells are reported to be contaminated.
No one seems to be too concerned with one simple fact and that is that the water we have today is all the water we will ever have and ever had. What water is here today was here at the beginning of the world and is all we will ever have. While it has been recycled quite well for eons today some of the "stuff" we are putting into that water is not being removed and may well be poisoning us. |
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Post by desertwoman on Jun 13, 2015 9:26:19 GMT -5
No one seems to be too concerned with one simple fact and that is that the water we have today is all the water we will ever have and ever had. What water is here today was here at the beginning of the world and is all we will ever have. While it has been recycled quite well for eons today some of the "stuff" we are putting into that water is not being removed and may well be poisoning us. This is one powerful statement. Thanks for your clear and to the point reminder, kimm |
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Post by oliverman on Jun 13, 2015 18:01:47 GMT -5
Any time I burn wood, I generate water.
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Post by lisaann on Jun 14, 2015 6:31:29 GMT -5
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Post by kimmsrđź•Š on Jun 14, 2015 6:36:28 GMT -5
Water is not generated by burning wood, or anything else, it is simply released from storage. Burning anything releases water vapor from moisture the substance trapped while it was growing.
While we know what water is, H2O, and we can take it apart to get that Hydrogen and Oxygen and then put it back together again to be water once more I have not found anywhere that says someone has made new water, water that did not exist previously. |
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Post by claude on Jun 14, 2015 8:43:47 GMT -5
Kim, a lot of times the families that have had their water polluted from tracking are given a settlement that includes a gag order..they cannot disclose details or will forfeit the settlement. Remember in the news where a gag order was filed against a young child whose family suffered thru one of these long ordeals?
The EPA has no business making a finding when the chemicals used for fracking are considered proprietary and are not disclosed during any of these "studies". Plus, much of the information and reports requested of the fracking industry were never received..buried in paperwork.
How can you possibly make an educated decision without all of the information? That seems to be a way of qualifying the EPA studies as junk science.
We are so screwed.
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Post by claude on Jun 14, 2015 8:48:10 GMT -5
Perhaps the most telling information was the fight that a executive of a fracking company became embroiled In to block the permits for a well that were filed for that were near his own home...
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Post by kimmsrđź•Š on Jun 15, 2015 5:51:33 GMT -5
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Post by claude on Jun 15, 2015 17:47:08 GMT -5
See that the article I read mentioned nothing about a storage tank..so. I wonder where the water is being taken from? "Just not in my backyard."
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Post by claude on Jun 27, 2015 6:37:35 GMT -5
tinyurl.com/newq3vt. Kimm...I read this article in the rolling stone..personally I find the magazine to be more independent in reporting than most..it is a worthy read. Kinda makes the term well less than pristine. I'm sure that the geographic location made for a perfect storm. I live on top of a mtn..the air quality in the town below deteriates significantly with health warnings on hazy hot days just w traffic so I can only imagine the stew in this town.
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