tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post4941426186488306355..comments2023-12-26T05:33:56.740-05:00Comments on John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Critical Facts: Support For Gas Drilling Highest Where It Takes Place and Pittsburgh Region Supports Gas Drilling Nearly 2-1John Hangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565915866938789295noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-68312454163068944822012-11-26T08:42:06.859-05:002012-11-26T08:42:06.859-05:00A very good post but I am also very interested in ...A very good post but I am also very interested in what Anonymous says. I have heard this before. I think more could be done from a regulatory standpoint on these compressor stations. It isn't right. Anonymous, what would you suggest would be a better set back distance? Is there more that could be done from a soundproofing standpoint? is there quieter machinery that could be used in the first place?Concerned Scientistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-43990255102963177732012-11-23T21:11:55.406-05:002012-11-23T21:11:55.406-05:00Great thoughts, as always. There's an addition...Great thoughts, as always. There's an additional subset, however, among those who live where gas activity is taking place. This subset includes residents who experience industrial gas compressor stations and processing facilities built within a few hundred feet of their homes. <br /><br />I happen to be one and have read/heard about many in similar circumstances who have problems with noise, odors and other issues these facilities have brought to our homes. <br /><br />The industry touts the temporary inconvenience of drilling. However no one is talking about the permanence of loud,odorous industrial compressor stations that are an integral part of gas development. And until one shows up next to you, most people are not aware of these facilities.<br /><br />Act 13 as it was passed allows these industrial facilies to be built within 750 feet of homes, which is unconscionable. The industry has done a poor job of sound mitigation, siting, and community relations for many of these facilities. Even those of us who do support gas development are hard-pressed to give a ringing endorsement to the industry when a compressor station becomes the new neighbor and you find yourself being treated as collateral damage by the industry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-38904613658360858372012-11-21T18:03:45.711-05:002012-11-21T18:03:45.711-05:00These results are very interesting and pokes more ...These results are very interesting and pokes more than a few holes in the narrative that hydraulic fracturing results in an industrialized wasteland where the water is toxic and the air is poisoned. Those w/ firsthand knowledge of the benefits and consequences of fracking support it the most. While those most vocal agitprops in opposition reside in communities that have yet to see this resource utilized. I am speaking of the well organized New York opposition to fracking.<br /><br />There is indeed much to be learned here....@Inpatientmednoreply@blogger.com