tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post3650169390871417789..comments2023-12-26T05:33:56.740-05:00Comments on John Hanger's Facts of The Day: University Study Documents Why Hydraulic Fracturing Has Not Contaminated WaterJohn Hangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565915866938789295noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-27556740311040578342012-05-13T13:10:38.042-04:002012-05-13T13:10:38.042-04:00Hydraulic fracturing is about 60 years old technol...Hydraulic fracturing is about 60 years old technology. Hundreds of Thousands of wells have been hydraulic fractured over decades.<br /><br />The fact that hydraulic fracturing has been widely used for decades is very important.<br /><br />It is very important, because if frack fluids were returning from depth even in a small percentage of cases there would be massive water pollution already. The empirical record with this technology is huge. It is the best proof that frack fluids are not returning from depth, with the possible exception of Pavillion, Wyoming, where fracking was done within a couple hundred feet of the aquifer, an irresponsible practice, whether or not the fracking polluted that aquifer. Pavillion Wyoming is also not a shale gas field.<br /><br />Cementing mistakes allow gas to migrate but have not allowed fluids or liquids to migrate. Again the factual, empirical record over decades and hundreds of thousands of wells prove this point.John Hangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565915866938789295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-48748739187005551302012-05-13T12:55:30.344-04:002012-05-13T12:55:30.344-04:00So, is hydraulic fracturing a 'new technology ...So, is hydraulic fracturing a 'new technology developed in response to energy demand' or is it a potentially dangerous old technology (this post says it is 'not new' that was only allowed to flourish in the US due to environmental regulations initially relaxed under the second Bush's 2nd term? The US press have consistently confused this question. It appears from this post that fracking is old and that the reason we see the boom of today is that regulations have changed, not technology. The public needs to understand this.<br /><br />I'm not going to accept any study that tells me 'conclusively' that leaks under an area of square miles never go more than x distance vertically. There's just no way to know with any finality. Regardless, though, we know very well that cementing fails and fails spectacularly (gulf oil spill). 1000 minor failures that contaminate over centuries is just as bad if not worse, than such a single big one as the gulf spill.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01709639606176954475noreply@blogger.com