Andy, To answer your specific question: Gas that is being extracted here or will be extracted here via hydrofracking is not being 'used locally.' It goes into small feeder pipes that go to larger and then larger ones, and becomes part of the global supply, sold and shipped to whoever buys it wherever. It is not a 'local' resource like home-grown vegetables.
To reply to your comments about preventing mountain top removal in WV, KY etc: * Use less energy. * Enforce the environmental laws. * Join forces with the groups fighting mountain top removal and valley fill. thanks, Hilary Lambert -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andy Goodell Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 1:05 PM To: Sustainable Tompkins County listserv Subject: Re: [SustainableTompkins] Map of Tompkins County gas leases - new website Yes, I understand there are different energy sources, but in my mind they mean the same thing in the end. To say that they are different would imply that if there was no gasoline, we wouldn't drive cars. I highly doubt that is the case. Most likely, if we aren't extracting natural gas, we're really just destroying a mountain in West Virginia. (I'm not sure exactly what all the uses of natural gas are, but I'm assuming that it's mostly electricity generation or things like water heating that would otherwise be done with coal.) So maybe the question is not about the Middle East then. Maybe the question should be, if I reject local gas drilling, am I effectively contributing to mountain top removal in WV? I just think we should be responsible about our energy locally when we can. Yes, it concerns me that it will change our landscape and our water sources which is why it is so important to regulate this closely, but I'm guessing mountain top removal is no better, so why push our problems on another community? Bethany Schroeder wrote: > Andy et al., > > The issue is about extraction of natural gas, in contradistinction to fuel. > > For anyone who wants to bone up on the controversy, here are just a few > diverse electronic addresses: > > http://www.shaleshock.org > www.DamascusCitizens.org > www.chenangogreens.org > [email protected] > www.ogap.org > > Bethany > _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
