U.S. Fracking's Larger Implications

[Mr. H.]

Per well?
What would be the significance of such a statistic?

 

[RGR]

Per well?
What would be the significance of such a statistic?

You could multiply the number of wells drilled in a given year and assign a job growth number as a natural consequence?

 

[Mr. H.]

It's a stat that's probably out there.

The Illinois Chamber of Commerce is working on an economic impact study regarding hydraulic fracturing's potential within our state. Saw a presentation last night. I should have taken notes, but I seem to remember 47 jobs/well drilled. Those are direct and indirect jobs btw.

 

[Grandma]

I keep hearing "It'll create jobs!", but no one says how many, or how long they'll last. Now if a large number of jobs are created, if enough employee wages can be earned to offset the potential damages the wells cause, then it's not quite so bad. However, I've seen the "jobs" carrot dangled before desperate poor communities before with very unfavorable results - few jobs, low pay, and regular environmental problems, most resulting in injury or death.

 

[Mr. H.]

Puhleez.

 

[Mr. H.]

Jack Welch: NatGas Could Be Bigger Than the Internet - Yahoo! Finance

"We have a chance in this country to make this the American century," Welch said. "This gas thing is huge. The gas that we have found is in the first inning - it's like the Internet in 1990. This is the first inning of the great American century."

 

[Mr. H.]

Didn't Al Gore invent hydraulic fracturing?

 

[Katzndogz]

Fracking will be an answer until coal is thoroughly ended. Then liberals will start dismantling fracking.

 

[Mr. H.]

Illinois may be poised on the threshold of a fracturing boom ala ND. But then it may amount to nothing.

No matter, the environmental contingent is in Springfield clambering for either an outright statewide ban or a bill that severely limits the practice. Drilling companies have already threatened to pull up stakes.

We contend that existing state regulations regarding drilling/completion/containment are sufficient.
Here- read for yourself.

http://ioga.com/PDF_Files/IEPA IDNR MOA.pdf

PART 240 THE ILLINOIS OIL AND GAS ACT : Sections Listing

 

[Mr. H.]

American Oil Boom Shrinks Trade Deficit - Real Time Economics - WSJ

Shale gas could produce more than the 1 million jobs | cleveland.com

U.S. Natural Gas Exports Poised For Takeoff - Forbes

 

[Mr. H.]

Brought to you by Hydraulic Fracturing...

U.S. to become biggest oil producer and energy independent - Yahoo! Finance

I think the "energy independent" claim is a stretch, but good news nonetheless.

 

[Mr. H.]

Fascinating... increased domestic U.S. production is having an effect on world oil prices.

RIGZONE - Crude Slips as Report Highlights Rising U.S. Supply

 

[bripat9643]

Fracking also brings small earthquakes and flammable water.

Still think it's a good idea?

What utter horseshit.

Libturds will believe anything, won't they?

Even if it did cause small earthquakes and flammable water, can you name one person who has been harmed?

 

[bripat9643]

Fascinating... increased domestic U.S. production is having an effect on world oil prices.

RIGZONE - Crude Slips as Report Highlights Rising U.S. Supply

Remember when libturds scoffed at the idea that U.S. drilling could affect the price of oil?

Have they ever been right about anything?

 

[Mr. H.]

Fascinating... increased domestic U.S. production is having an effect on world oil prices.

RIGZONE - Crude Slips as Report Highlights Rising U.S. Supply

Remember when libturds scoffed at the idea that U.S. drilling could affect the price of oil?

Have they ever been right about anything?

Honestly, I too scoffed at the notion LOL.

This unprecedented in modern U.S. history. I mean it blows my mind.

 

[Mr. H.]

Natural gas fueling outlets - coast to coast and border to border!

"The agreement announced today with GE is one of the most significant milestones in Clean Energy's history..."

RIGZONE - Clean Energy, GE Assessing Sites for Small-Scale LNG Plants

 

[Grandma]

How long is the natural gas supply expected to last?

 

[RGR]

How long is the natural gas supply expected to last?

If you are actually a grandma, don't worry, it will outlast your lifetime.

 

[Grandma]

Just wondering. I saw a report a while back that says a well peaks out at 2 to 3 years. At the rate they're drilling, the frackers will have fracked all the frackable locations in another 10 to 15 years. I was thinking it would totally dry up by 2035.

 

[Mr. H.]

To put it bluntly, both you and your colleague are retarded.

Hey Grams- not directed at you. It was in response to a post that got deleted.