Mutterings & Musings
This blog will consist of Mutterings about things such as Things of a Political nature, Things of ALL types that I find just plain interesting beyond belief. I will be musing about technology: [gadgets either hardware or software, alternative energy, alternative construction, biological] , projects: [woodworking, programming, mechanical, artistry] ,AND WHATEVER ELSE COMES INTO MY VIEW OF INTEREST!
Monday, February 28, 2011
Shock Doctrine, U.S.A. - NYTimes.com
Shock Doctrine, U.S.A. - NYTimes.com: "Here’s a thought: maybe Madison, Wis., isn’t Cairo after all. Maybe it’s Baghdad — specifically, Baghdad in 2003, when the Bush administration put Iraq under the rule of officials chosen for loyalty and political reliability rather than experience and competence."
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits Rivers - NYTimes.com
Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits Rivers - NYTimes.com:
... "So energy companies are clamoring to drill. And they are getting rare support from their usual sparring partners. Environmentalists say using natural gas will help slow climate change because it burns more cleanly than coal and oil. Lawmakers hail the gas as a source of jobs. They also see it as a way to wean the United States from its dependency on other countries for oil.
But the relatively new drilling method — known as high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking — carries significant environmental risks. It involves injecting huge amounts of water, mixed with sand and chemicals, at high pressures to break up rock formations and release the gas.
With hydrofracking, a well can produce over a million gallons of wastewater that is often laced with highly corrosive salts, carcinogens like benzene and radioactive elements like radium, all of which can occur naturally thousands of feet underground. Other carcinogenic materials can be added to the wastewater by the chemicals used in the hydrofracking itself." ....
But the relatively new drilling method — known as high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking — carries significant environmental risks. It involves injecting huge amounts of water, mixed with sand and chemicals, at high pressures to break up rock formations and release the gas.
With hydrofracking, a well can produce over a million gallons of wastewater that is often laced with highly corrosive salts, carcinogens like benzene and radioactive elements like radium, all of which can occur naturally thousands of feet underground. Other carcinogenic materials can be added to the wastewater by the chemicals used in the hydrofracking itself." ....
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