Comments - Tipping Point for Marcellus Shale Gas? - GoMarcellusShale.com2024-03-28T12:42:39Zhttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2274639%3ABlogPost%3A19269&xn_auth=noI hear you, brother.tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2010-01-08:2274639:Comment:197722010-01-08T20:37:32.983ZTom Copleyhttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/TomCopley
I <i>hear</i> you, brother.
I <i>hear</i> you, brother. Tom-- I pray that we don't ha…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2010-01-07:2274639:Comment:195232010-01-07T00:52:56.677ZScott Robertshttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/AlanRoberts
Tom-- I pray that we don't have to choose between clean gas and clean water. I'm very hopeful that we will be able to have both. Gas IS the future.
Tom-- I pray that we don't have to choose between clean gas and clean water. I'm very hopeful that we will be able to have both. Gas IS the future. Scott--The E & P industry…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2010-01-03:2274639:Comment:193362010-01-03T19:17:48.011ZTom Copleyhttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/TomCopley
Scott--The E & P industry needs to do everything humanly possible to minimize water and air pollution. These companies and their stakeholders will earn a handsome return and in exchange need to uphold a very high standard. However, for the sake of argument, let's say they are trying to do it, and still there are a few issues such as at Dimock and Dunkard Creek. Beyond that point, doesn't it depend upon <i>for what</i> Pennsylvanians are sacrificing? If it is to live in a free, safe and…
Scott--The E & P industry needs to do everything humanly possible to minimize water and air pollution. These companies and their stakeholders will earn a handsome return and in exchange need to uphold a very high standard. However, for the sake of argument, let's say they are trying to do it, and still there are a few issues such as at Dimock and Dunkard Creek. Beyond that point, doesn't it depend upon <i>for what</i> Pennsylvanians are sacrificing? If it is to live in a free, safe and secure country with all of the basic essentials such as a plentiful and dependable supply of energy for an abundant economy, then perhaps it is worth sacrificing. --Tom Tom --- Couldn’t agree more t…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2010-01-02:2274639:Comment:193192010-01-02T01:58:55.906ZScott Robertshttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/AlanRoberts
Tom --- Couldn’t agree more that Marcellus shale promises a bountiful supply of domestically produced clean natural gas for millions of American consumers. And, as you rightly point out, domestically produced gas supplies are safe from disruption by foreign events outside our control. Coupled with the economic benefits: a smaller balance of payments deficit (because we’re not buying energy products overseas) and the economic revitalization of significant swaths of rural Pennsylvania, Marcellus…
Tom --- Couldn’t agree more that Marcellus shale promises a bountiful supply of domestically produced clean natural gas for millions of American consumers. And, as you rightly point out, domestically produced gas supplies are safe from disruption by foreign events outside our control. Coupled with the economic benefits: a smaller balance of payments deficit (because we’re not buying energy products overseas) and the economic revitalization of significant swaths of rural Pennsylvania, Marcellus shale production promises to be a positive catalyst for change. However, it is unfair to ask the men, women and children who live in rural Pennsylvania, many of whom are cash-poor and struggle daily to make ends meet, to sacrifice their health and clean water in order to produce cheap gas.<br />
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Why can’t we have clean gas AND clean water? If the shale reserves are so vast, and the price of production per BTU expected to be so low, how can we afford not to invest a few pennies per BTU in assuring that Pennsylvania water resources remain pristine? ---Scott Scott-- it's a shame that the…tag:gomarcellusshale.com,2010-01-01:2274639:Comment:193102010-01-01T00:19:50.924ZTom Copleyhttps://gomarcellusshale.com/profile/TomCopley
Scott-- it's a shame that the role in providing stable energy prices, a bountiful supply of natural gas such as the Marcellus shale can provide, is not far better understood by the general public. Should the supply of imported oil or LNG ever be impaired by turmoil around the globe, then public sentiment may shift towards recognizing the blessing we have in our shale gas instead of obsessing over environment risk--real or imagined. --Tom
Scott-- it's a shame that the role in providing stable energy prices, a bountiful supply of natural gas such as the Marcellus shale can provide, is not far better understood by the general public. Should the supply of imported oil or LNG ever be impaired by turmoil around the globe, then public sentiment may shift towards recognizing the blessing we have in our shale gas instead of obsessing over environment risk--real or imagined. --Tom