Thirsty Texas Can't Drink Texas Tea

[Star]

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"You knew this was going to happen, and you knew it was going to happen in the desert-like South and Southwest. And whether the God-fearing folks in rural Texas knew it or not, when they voted for all those Drill-Baby-Drill Republicans (and Democrats who seek power by imitating them), they voted themselves out of water."


Because of fracking, there are towns in Texas where you turn on the tap and... ...and nothing happens.


- "Of course the warming-worsened drought in Texas has left much of the state parched. The town of Barnhart actually ran out of water. And the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality projects some 30 communities could run out of water by year’s end."

- "Every fracking job requires several million gallons of water. “Only about 20 percent to 25 percent on average of the water is recovered, while the rest disappears underground, never to be seen again.” Fracking is probably not the wisest use of water anywhere, but in a drought it’s downright self-destructive."

- "The epic tragedy is that most of the water used for fracking is not recoverable, and the fossil fuels being unsustainably extracted with dwindling water supplies are only speeding up the day when the droughts become permanent and the land turns into a Dust Bowl.

West Texas has a long history of recurring drought, but under climate change, the south-west has been experiencing record-breaking heatwaves, further drying out the soil and speeding the evaporation of water in lakes and reservoirs. Underground aquifers failed to regenerate. “What happens is that climate change comes on top and in many cases it can be the final straw that breaks the camel’s back, but the camel is already overloaded,” said [Texas climatologist Katharine Hayhoe].
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Recent rains in Texas haven’t changed the picture much. “We’ve got to get floods. We’ve got to get a hurricane to move up in our country and just saturate everything to replenish the aquifer,” said Owens. “Because when the water is gone. That’s it. We’re gone.”"

Excerpted from:
Fracking Vs. The Drought: They Call It Texas Tea, But You Can't Drink Oil

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[tinydancer]

Texas has a history of swinging between droughts and floods.

It's call weather.

 

[blackhawk]

Thanks for the partisan idiocy we have had droughts in Texas long before liberals ever heard of the words global warming, global cooling, climate change, or fracking.

 

[Stephanie]

oh boy, some fracking CRAP from thinkprogess...my gawd...they couldn't think their way out a bag at that SITE

 

[The Rabbi]

Fracking is responsible for global warming, Detroit's bankruptcy, and Trayvon's death. True!

 

[Vox]

Fracking is responsible for global warming, Detroit's bankruptcy, and Trayvon's death. True!

 

[Star]

Fracking is responsible for global warming, Detroit's bankruptcy, and Trayvon's death. True!

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and presume you meant to use a question mark after the word true but if----if you believe "Fracking is responsible for... Detroit's bankruptcy, and Trayvon's death. True! , then you're even dumber than you look but-----but fracking, OTOH is a major part of the #2 reason for global climate change. True!

And-----and how stupid do Republicans have to be, to vote for politicians that allow corporations to destroy something as vital as drinking water?
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[The Rabbi]

Fracking is responsible for global warming, Detroit's bankruptcy, and Trayvon's death. True!

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and presume you meant to use a question mark after the word true but if----if you believe "Fracking is responsible for... Detroit's bankruptcy, and Trayvon's death. True! , then you're even dumber than you look but-----but fracking, OTOH is a major part of the #2 reason for global climate change. True!

And-----and how stupid do Republicans have to be, to vote for politicians that allow corporations to destroy something as vital as drinking water?
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Wow. I post parody only to have you agree.

 

[Mr. H.]

Nonsense.

 

[Pogo]

Would that we could send Texas and the West even a fraction of the rain we've been getting literally every day all summer in the southeast. We're about to be mildewed into oblivion.

Hey, we could build a pipeline...

 

[rightwinger]

Texas has a history of swinging between droughts and floods.

It's call weather.

If you are in a drought, why use the limited available water for fracking rather than drinking?

 

[Star]

Texas has a history of swinging between droughts and floods.

It's call weather.

If you are in a drought, why use the limited available water for fracking rather than drinking?

WTF - Governor Tex Perry, denies climate change while declaring a drought emergency for over 200 counties in his state.

Failing to admit, or even acknowledge, that the extreme weather that Texas is currently experiencing may be linked to climate change, Rick Perry has instead suspended “all rules and regulations that may inhibit or prevent prompt response to this threat” and authorized all necessary measures to deal with the emergency.

Not only has Perry himself refused to acknowledge the validity of climate change, but many of the state’s other Republican politicians also declare that global warming data is doctored or patently false, warning that the data that does exist has been manipulated by the political left.
This politicking is happening at a time when Texas is experiencing its third worst drought since record keeping began in 1895. Extreme temperatures, scant rainfall, and lowering reservoir levels have all contributing to great concern about wildfires.

The US Drought Monitor purports that over 95% of the state is in a category of dryness ranging from “abnormally dry” to “exceptional drought.” The level has risen at a concerning level over the course of the past year.
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[Mr. H.]

Texas has a history of swinging between droughts and floods.

It's call weather.

If you are in a drought, why use the limited available water for fracking rather than drinking?

Most often, it is brackish (non-potable) water that these companies use. Drawn from aquifers separate from fresh water.

Additionally, waterless fracing is catching on...

Waterless Fracking Makes Headway in Texas, Slowly | StateImpact Texas

 

[jknowgood]

Would that we could send Texas and the West even a fraction of the rain we've been getting literally every day all summer in the southeast. We're about to be mildewed into oblivion.

Hey, we could build a pipeline...

Oh no not a pipeline! It could burst and drown an endangered animal or flood a wet land or something!

 

[Stephanie]

Texas has a history of swinging between droughts and floods.

It's call weather.

If you are in a drought, why use the limited available water for fracking rather than drinking?

WTF - Governor Tex Perry, denies climate change while declaring a drought emergency for over 200 counties in his state.

Failing to admit, or even acknowledge, that the extreme weather that Texas is currently experiencing may be linked to climate change, Rick Perry has instead suspended “all rules and regulations that may inhibit or prevent prompt response to this threat” and authorized all necessary measures to deal with the emergency.

Not only has Perry himself refused to acknowledge the validity of climate change, but many of the state’s other Republican politicians also declare that global warming data is doctored or patently false, warning that the data that does exist has been manipulated by the political left.
This politicking is happening at a time when Texas is experiencing its third worst drought since record keeping began in 1895. Extreme temperatures, scant rainfall, and lowering reservoir levels have all contributing to great concern about wildfires.

The US Drought Monitor purports that over 95% of the state is in a category of dryness ranging from “abnormally dry” to “exceptional drought.” The level has risen at a concerning level over the course of the past year.
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omg, you global warming people have some nerve...like you are the gawds of the planet and anyone who disagrees with is the nut...that take some arrogance and all it show is you are the most INTOLERNENT OF PEOPLE in this country..

 

[Mr. H.]

Here's a good piece on water management best practices.
It may bore you, as it deals with the real world...

Water Management Strategy Key To Newfield?s Success In Mid-Continent Resource Plays | Cover Story | Magazine | American Oil and Gas Reporter

 

[Star]

Texas has a history of swinging between droughts and floods.

It's call weather.

If you are in a drought, why use the limited available water for fracking rather than drinking?

Most often, it is brackish (non-potable) water that these companies use. Drawn from aquifers separate from fresh water.

Additionally, waterless fracing is catching on...

Waterless Fracking Makes Headway in Texas, Slowly | StateImpact Texas

-- Hmm, Mr. H. sez: "Most often, it is brackish (non-potable) water that these companies use. Drawn from aquifers separate from fresh water." but Ben Shepperd, president of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association sez:
"Most estimates show the amount of water required to frack a well is 50,000 gallons to 4 million gallons, depending on the nature of the rock being penetrated. But some show per-well use can be as high as 13 million gallons.

By most accounts, almost all the water being used for fracking in Texas is fresh water, as opposed to the non-potable brackish water that often is found deeper underground."

-- And-----and when Mr. H. howls:
"Additionally, waterless fracking is catching on..." he probably just forgot to mention: “a number of tests going on” in waterless fracking and fracking that uses significantly less water." from his own article. Tests?

-- And-----and when Mr. H. sez:
"Most often, it is brackish (non-potable) water that these companies use. Drawn from aquifers separate from fresh water." he probably just didn't read far enough to see: "Industry officials say use of fresh water, at least in Texas, is less a matter of easy access or cost than effectiveness. For some purposes, brackish water is just fine, but for fracking and given the specific sort of engineering and pressure they're using, it's better to have fewer impurities in the water, so fresh water works better," Shepperd said.

He said he doesn't know of any company in West Texas that uses brackish water, which he notes is "very, very plentiful."

No doubt the technology for fracking will evolve but-----but what will stay the same is the dirty crap they suck out of the ground then-----then pump into the atmosphere.
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[bodecea]

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"You knew this was going to happen, and you knew it was going to happen in the desert-like South and Southwest. And whether the God-fearing folks in rural Texas knew it or not, when they voted for all those Drill-Baby-Drill Republicans (and Democrats who seek power by imitating them), they voted themselves out of water."


Because of fracking, there are towns in Texas where you turn on the tap and... ...and nothing happens.


- "Of course the warming-worsened drought in Texas has left much of the state parched. The town of Barnhart actually ran out of water. And the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality projects some 30 communities could run out of water by year’s end."

- "Every fracking job requires several million gallons of water. “Only about 20 percent to 25 percent on average of the water is recovered, while the rest disappears underground, never to be seen again.” Fracking is probably not the wisest use of water anywhere, but in a drought it’s downright self-destructive."

- "The epic tragedy is that most of the water used for fracking is not recoverable, and the fossil fuels being unsustainably extracted with dwindling water supplies are only speeding up the day when the droughts become permanent and the land turns into a Dust Bowl.

West Texas has a long history of recurring drought, but under climate change, the south-west has been experiencing record-breaking heatwaves, further drying out the soil and speeding the evaporation of water in lakes and reservoirs. Underground aquifers failed to regenerate. “What happens is that climate change comes on top and in many cases it can be the final straw that breaks the camel’s back, but the camel is already overloaded,” said [Texas climatologist Katharine Hayhoe].
​

Recent rains in Texas haven’t changed the picture much. “We’ve got to get floods. We’ve got to get a hurricane to move up in our country and just saturate everything to replenish the aquifer,” said Owens. “Because when the water is gone. That’s it. We’re gone.”"

Excerpted from:
Fracking Vs. The Drought: They Call It Texas Tea, But You Can't Drink Oil

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Don't care....let them secede and deal with it themselves.

 

[DiamondDave]

Stinkprogress and blogs.. LMFAO... par for the course for left wing idiots

 

[Stephanie]

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"You knew this was going to happen, and you knew it was going to happen in the desert-like South and Southwest. And whether the God-fearing folks in rural Texas knew it or not, when they voted for all those Drill-Baby-Drill Republicans (and Democrats who seek power by imitating them), they voted themselves out of water."


Because of fracking, there are towns in Texas where you turn on the tap and... ...and nothing happens.


- "Of course the warming-worsened drought in Texas has left much of the state parched. The town of Barnhart actually ran out of water. And the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality projects some 30 communities could run out of water by year’s end."

- "Every fracking job requires several million gallons of water. “Only about 20 percent to 25 percent on average of the water is recovered, while the rest disappears underground, never to be seen again.” Fracking is probably not the wisest use of water anywhere, but in a drought it’s downright self-destructive."

- "The epic tragedy is that most of the water used for fracking is not recoverable, and the fossil fuels being unsustainably extracted with dwindling water supplies are only speeding up the day when the droughts become permanent and the land turns into a Dust Bowl.

West Texas has a long history of recurring drought, but under climate change, the south-west has been experiencing record-breaking heatwaves, further drying out the soil and speeding the evaporation of water in lakes and reservoirs. Underground aquifers failed to regenerate. “What happens is that climate change comes on top and in many cases it can be the final straw that breaks the camel’s back, but the camel is already overloaded,” said [Texas climatologist Katharine Hayhoe].
​

Recent rains in Texas haven’t changed the picture much. “We’ve got to get floods. We’ve got to get a hurricane to move up in our country and just saturate everything to replenish the aquifer,” said Owens. “Because when the water is gone. That’s it. We’re gone.”"

Excerpted from:
Fracking Vs. The Drought: They Call It Texas Tea, But You Can't Drink Oil

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Don't care....let them secede and deal with it themselves.

that's that caring for others we all expect...wear it proud
who the hell do you THINK has been taking care of their state, New Yarkers, New Jessssry...jeeewhize awful people