EID's Shawn Bennett fact-checks discredited Cornell professor Tony Ingraffea tele-townhall in Youngstown:

"This week, Tony Ingraffea, a Cornell Professor and well-known anti-fossil fuel development activist, hosted a webinar at Youngstown State University.  With an audience of nearly 50 students, a webinar plagued with technical difficulties made one thing clear;  Dr. Ingraffea continues to use bad science, anecdotal evidence and a little misdirection to promote a flawed agenda.

The webinar, which lasted roughly an hour and a half, tackled topics such as his thoroughly debunked emissions study, and far-from-factual measurement regarding the possibility of casing failures.

While these assertions have been addressed previously at Energy in Depth, this marks his first trip to the Buckeye State, although be it virtual, and there are more than one of these claims worth revisiting.

If you notice that cement layer is only an inch thick.  So that cement layer is a tube of cement three miles long and an inch thick. - Dr. Ingraffea

Its surprising to see someone who purports industry expertise to propagate the notion that, in developing these wells, there is only a single casing of steel and one inch of cement that goes 3 miles deep to develop these wells.  That assertion is a far cry from reality.  Below you can see an actual picture of casing and cement, showing more than 7 layers of casing and cement.

Later in his presentation, Dr. Ingraffea made a pitch for the Josh Fox produced ”The Sky is Pink“, with unfounded claims that well casings fail at a rate of 5% immediately and increase over time. The truth is, again, far removed from these claims."

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