2 Killed in gas well explosion.
“No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.”
- Lily Tomlin in The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe.
You really have to have the I.Q. of Joe the Plumber to believe that state regulators have a handle on high-density, high-pressure horizontal hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in shale.
Here’s another case that intentionally ignorant and deviously disingenuous gas-drilling proponents will ignore when they insist that this process is safe enough, and you should “let the D.E.C. do it’s job.”:
Check out this story from the AP on CNN about 2 Killed In Gas Well Explosion Near Pittsburgh.
Notice these back-to-back paragraphs from the article:
In northeastern Pennsylvania, state environmental officials said construction flaws in gas wells were responsible for allowing gas to seep into the area’s groundwater.
Hey! That can’t be true because gas-passing know-nothings insist that that has never happened. Not once.
DEP Secretary John Hanger said in an e-mail message that the well where the accident occurred Friday is not part of the lucrative Marcellus Shale, a rock formation that drillers have begun tapping only recently.
Well, that settles it - since it wasn’t part of the Marcellus, there must be no danger there. Buncha’ mealy-mouthed misdirection. You can trust these guys as far as you can fart a bowling ball.
