Mr. Majik's Page

"No.  This site should not be about ideologies.  It should be about leasing and other practical matters concerning the Marcellus arena.  Anti-drillers wish to MAKE it a political issue.  It is not."

"I'm surprised nobody yet has suggested to Terri to try for a vertical Pugh clause.  It seems like that's the issue Terri is asking about in the original post of this thread.  Sign a lease only for the Marcellus but no deeper.…"

"That Wikimarcellus page has a serious piece of misinformation, or at least misleading information.  It says, "Typically the land required for a well pad is rectangular--usually about one half mile wide by two miles long with the…"

"I bet a lot of folks wish that shale was far more "fragile" that it actually is. Then it would be easier to frac and get that darn gas out!"

"You'll have to judge for yourself where in Deposit Twp you are relative to the blue borderline on the map of the watershed. I have no idea if, or how much, buffer zone outside the watershed will not be drilled."

"Here's a map of the NYC watershed that shows the individual townships that lie in it or partially in it. http://www.cwconline.org/maps/woh_towns.html"

"The ideological side to debates about natural gas development, in fact much of energy development, is at least as strong, if not stronger than the economic. David Horowitz has coined the word "watermelons" for the greenies: green on the…"

"I was glad to read that the Pickens Plan had dropped wind energy from its agenda. However, I went their web site and it's still very much part of the Pickens Plan. I wish I were wrong. Can you please cite your source for your claim?"