I agree with your point about taking responsibility for our own energy
needs. I prefer the route of living with less, and I don't believe
technology will fix the state we're in. Apart from everything else it
is, hydrofracking is a technological response to the geological and
resource limitations of our time. And mountain top removal is a
desecration of the earth and abhorrent as such. From what I've read,
hydrofracking is even more so. I wish the system were as easily sorted
through as your response suggests, Andy. In fact, I doubt that the gas
drilled in this area would be used to fulfill the needs of the local
population. Economics being what they are, companies may get a better
bottom line drilling in one area and sending the product somewhere else.
This is a complex issue, replete with governmental duplicities and the
usual ready-fire-aim approach of most everyone who stands to benefit.
Since you argued not long ago on another environmental matter that what
we needed was a dose of education, I thought the links would be a help.
Bethany
Andy Goodell wrote:
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?
etc.
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