This subject is heavily on my mind with calls and letters coming from companies that drill for natural gas to a lot of people all over the region.
All the more reason to push for use of alternative fuel such as that produced by windmills and solar panels, etc.
Gas drilling threatens our health and environment
BY DEBBIE DOSS SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
Posted on Sunday, October 7, 2007
Arkansans are just now beginning to realize that promises of wealth and prosperity from the production of
natural gas come with an unspoken cost. The promise of wealth is worth nothing if the cost is one’s health or environment. The Fayetteville Shale is a geologic formation that extends through the central and much of the northern half of the state and ranges from 3, 000 to 6, 000 feet deep. Potential gas well sites are located by dynamiting or thumping the ground with large machines. Next, test sites are drilled. Once a productive site is located, fluids are pumped into the shale bed to fracture it and allow the gas to be pumped out, along with the now contaminated water.
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