The picture displays what natural gas can do to ordinary tap water.There is a lot of controversy going on over shale gas. The Republican legislature is trying to give the natural gas companies more power to drill where they want and how they want to. It's safe to say citizens were not happy about this. They are trying to push a bill which would force the drilling companies to drill far away from population dense areas to avoid water contamination. Each side haas fair arguements. The drilling companies claim their drilling will give energy more natural resources for energy and give our economy a much needed boost. On the other hand the citizens say they own the right to say what happens on their land.
Personally I'm on the side of the citizens. I find it un-Constitutional to tell a citizen that they have little say in what companies do their land. Also I think it would help the environment greatly to cut down on all this drilling. We put so much money into drilling for natural gas when we could just as easily turn to renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar power. Also these renewable resources will most likely have far less controversy and will be less likely to make your water flammable.
Is it un-Constitutional to say a citizen has no say in what happens on their land?
Is drilling a waste of money compared to using renewable resources for energy?
Who do you think will ultimately win this debate?
i find it to be very upsetting that people have to live with this. it's not fair for these drilling companies to be drilling so close to peoples homes that their water is affected which makes them sick. it's even scary that people can set their water on fire due to the heavy contaminates.
ReplyDeletewhy don't people know about this?
why do people stay so quiet about this?
how can the government stand by and do nothing?