Thread: House passes bill to drill in parks - Salt Fork

I don't know everything about this stuff, but I don't even know if it's the gas in the water......I think it's the chemicals they use in the fracking process. Either way, it's not good. They should not pump chemicals into the ground period. I know it's done to break through the rock layers......but not good

I know they have been in Wayne National Forest. We used to see them when we hunted over there.

Originally Posted by AEFISHING

I know they have been in Wayne National Forest. We used to see them when we hunted over there.

What did you hunt in Wayne? I think that place would be a hoot to turkey hunt.
PS... nice meeting you & CrappiekingJr the other day.

We turkey hunted there. They also had some good ponds in there for largemouth. It is awesome country. Good to meet you, I figured I would run into you one of these days.

There IS an alternative way to "frack"; it uses small amounts of explosives put into the pipe and detoinated; but it`s MUCH more dangerous to the drillers and apparently isn`t as "cost effective' as the chemicals; BOTH methods CAN (and HAVE ) also "fracked" the upper level shales that would optimely hold in the natural gas so more can be collected and sold. This is what causes the gas to enter the ground water table and is such a hazzard. It`s just not well enough understood yet to SAFELY do this around populated areas, because fracturing that shale can allow the local water tables to fall SIGNIFICANTLY; anyone want to pay to drill a 1,000+` deep water well?

If anyone has netflix and wants to learn more about fracking it's worth your while to watch "Gas Land". There is an interview with a big shot at the EPA that is fascinating.

An ironic consequence of even vertical tradional oil and/ or natural gas drilling is that there is often a minor to major subsistance (lowering ) of the elevation as the trapped deposit is removed. It is not always predictable, and where and how much depends on the underlying sub strata (shales, clays, sediment, shelves of bedrock, gravels, ect, ect) With modern ground penetrating radars it`s better understood than in the past, but still...Interestingly, read somewhere down South where oil was removed from a swampy area, and over several yrs later the area "settled" and actually created a deeper area that became a fine fishery! If it was done ACCURATELY (good luck with THAT !) you could selectively and EXCESS PROFITABLY deepen a shallow, algea choked local lake....did mention that apparently this technology also is now available from satalites? HMM...Get PAID to deepen a shallow potential summer cess pool (to the benefit of an entire local area) AND help FUND the Park`s recovery atleast...again, would DEMAND a concrete containment dome (North Sea type) and gravity shut offs a man can operate AND containment ON SITE before they drill 1`....