A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows no evidence that chemicals from the natural gas drilling process moved up to contaminate drinking water aquifers at a western Pennsylvania drilling site, the Department of Energy told The Associated Press.
After a year of monitoring, the researchers found that the chemical-laced fluids used to free gas trapped deep below the surface stayed thousands of feet below the shallower areas that supply drinking water, geologist Richard Hammack said.
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Yeah well, reality is a bitch.
The anti-nukes’ favourite theme for the longest time was “The China Syndrome”, even to Hollywood making a movie about that.
The accident of Chernobyl at first appeared to be another arrow in their quiver…until somebody pointed out that for all practical purposes it forever debunked the China Syndrome.
At Chernobyle the core melted, then, melted through the reactor vessel and then cooled by the inclusion of the vessel metal ceased reacting, and formed a rapidly cooled puddle/metalic very radioaactive, stable, lump on the concrete floor of the containment building…as had been anticipated.
And that, boys and girls, is why we hear of “The China Syndrome”…no more……
Then the matter is settled.
I’d be more concerned about bacteria or heavy metals in my drinking water but that’s just me.
People drink from sulphur springs all the time, by the way.
Instead of wasting all that time/bucks, they should have just asked some old Albertan.
The sound of David Suzuki’s falling tears is only being drowned out by the wild howls of indignation from Lizzie “Ack! Climate Crisis, Climate Crisis” May.
Somewhere, Dulton is smiling.
It’s never been about pollution. It’s always been about “Global Warming/Climate Change”. It’s always been about windpower and solar power and not burning hydrocarbons. If you thought otherwise, you were naive.
Justthinkin – like Wiebo? You can trust that they’d keep looking until they found someone who looks experienced, but hasn’t a stitch of common sense. Raging Grannies / Screaming Ninnies, anyone?