Recently some large deposits of shale gas have been discovered in my country.
Of course , it has sparked controversy if we should start exploit because of the risks they may pose.
I would like to ask you , since we have members from other countries here:
1) Do you agree with shale gas exploration in general?
2) Would still agree withit if those drilling will be done close to the community where you leave?
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I live in an area with extensive fracking (south texas) and really am not seeing any environmental abuses or questionable practices. There's been a lot of fear mongering and misinformation. Hell, we have solar power and windmill fields and fracking all jumbled up together in the field....Of course , it has sparked controversy if we should start exploit because of the risks they may pose.
I would like to ask you , since we have members from other countries here:
1) Do you agree with shale gas exploration in general?
2) Would still agree withit if those drilling will be done close to the community where you leave?
...
anecdotal information does not apply to the rest of the population though. i don't know enough about the impact of fracking, but it sure seems like quite a few towns really hate it.
Another example that I'm very familiar with is the Dallas Fort Worth Bartlett Shale natural gas development. This is where they became able to get to trillions of cubic feet of gas right under the built up urban areas. Flying over the area, you see basically tan colored gravel or base yards about every 100-200-300 meters as far as the eye can see. Visually, and from the air, this can be called an eyesore. From the ground, you don't really hardly notice it, just an occasional drilling rig.
In the US, about the only thing going right economically is the fracking business. Eagle Ford shale, a field about 75 x 250 miles in size in South Texas, is putting on over 60,000 workers in 2 years at $80,000 USD each salary or higher.
