Turning Natural Gas Into Water

Many people do not realize this but natural gas development and hydraulic fracturing do not deplete water supplies:

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Permalink Reply by Jack Straw on April 6, 2012 at 8:16am

When you burn one molecule of Methane you end up with two molecules of Water:

CH4 + 2 O = CO2 + 2 H2O

 

CH4 = Methane (Natural Gas)

O = Oxygen

CO2 = Carbon Dioxide (aka plant food)

H2O = Water

 

Permalink Reply by Thomas J Shepstone on April 6, 2012 at 12:47pm

Indeed!

Permalink Reply by Westie on April 6, 2012 at 2:14pm

Actually it's CH4 + 2 O2.

Permalink Reply by Jack Straw on April 6, 2012 at 2:25pm

Duh!

Thanks for catching that.

I need to do a better job of editing.

 

JS

Permalink Reply by HB on April 6, 2012 at 4:03pm

Heh Heh, clever observation.  Plus, it's put out in a nice clean gaseous form right into the atmosphere where it can go immediately to work making rainclouds!

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