The present situation with Fracking Natural Gas in Upstate New York
Natural gas is not green. Drilling for it is a dirty, dangerous business. The industry lies about the process of fracturing – consistently trying to confuse people into believing that the mildly malignant vertical fracturing is the same as the high-pressure horizontal hydraulic fracturing that will invade and scar NY state like it’s done to other states before it.
It is a lie that no water has been contaminated due to this type of gas extraction. It is a lie that there are proven long-term economic benefits as opposed to the disadvantages. It is a lie that vertical is the same as horizontal. It is a lie that “this has been done in NY State for decades without any incident of contamination.” It hasn’t been done, that’s why there hasn’t been contamination from it. There has been contamination in plenty of the places where it has been done, though. Don’t let NYS become another Ft. Worth, Texas. (which used to be a great place, too.)
It is a ruse for suckers that anyone is getting “free money.” It is the last resort of scoundrels to try to use the lame argument that “America needs the energy.” Of course America needs energy, but we don’t need it by ruining America to get it. It’s like saying, “A junkie needs his heroin.” That argument is used by people who are too dense to realize that the future lies in renewable energy, or don’t they have enough faith in their own nation to think we can do that? The Germans and the Chinese are going to do it. I think it’s about as un-American you can get to think that we can’t compete with them, just so some greedy corporations can con some people into thinking that they are the only answer.
Don’t be a sucker.
Listen to:
NY Moves Closer to Natural Gas Drilling Upstate
by Ilya Marritz on WNYC
This reportage gives you the scoop in a nutshell. Complete, accurate, and to-the-point.
