Post It, and t(he)y will come

    

Guess who's watching?



From all over the world; they come. Google: Susquehanna bubbling methane and you'll end up right here.

From Israel, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Norway and Korea...they come. From Alberta, Denver, Oklahoma City and Houston...they come. From Washington, Harrisburg, Wyalusing and Lake Winola...they come. From marketing firms, law firms, industrial suppliers and "BIG OIL" boardrooms...they come.

And from Venezuela...they come.

For those who feel blogging is a waste of time and of little consequence...guess again.

Like Demosthenes, although we may appear to be railing against the sea in vain...we are not.   

People from all over the world are listening, folks.

Keep at it.

          

PA Senators Approve Giving Our Tax Dollars to the Drilling Industry

  

Just when I thought the ince$tuou$ relationship between our elected "leaders" in Harrisburg and the natural gas industry could not become more blatantly apparent, the following headline caught my eye this morning:

Bill proposes State funding for marcellus infrastructure

The headline pretty much covers it, and believe it or not, our Senate has already approved the bill. Included in the ~$81 million of projects that directly support the natural gas industry are three railroad projects, five hydrofracturing wastewater treatment plants, a Marcellus Shale industrial building, a Marcellus Shale enterprise center, a Marcellus Shale learning resource center and a partridge in a fracking pear tree.

This was among my favorite snippets from the Times-Tribune article:
  

It's difficult to determine which senators sponsored individual projects, since they were added to the bill as omnibus amendments. 

To the surprise of no one, Senator Joseph Scarnati - who opposes the severance tax on natural gas - has several of the proposed projects landing right in his own legislative district. So-o-o-o...it's not okay to tax the natural gas industry, but it is okay to take my tax dollars to build infrastructure to support the very same industry? In your backyard?!?!?!

Methinks not.  

They are like cowardly thieves in the night, and they need to be removed from office as quickly as possible.

Let's vote them all out.

In the shadow of Independence Hall, let the next American Revolution begin.

     

Marcellus MultipLIARS: An American Betrayal

  
The first YouTube video I embedded in this post was disabled at someone's request. I wonder who?

  
The video below contains the scene I referenced in my original comments at ~3:23. Read more about eye movement and lying here.
  
Anyhow...if you want to view all of the MSC's propoganda videos on YouTube, check them out here.
                                         
                             

AWWA Journal - September 2010: The Threat from Hydrofracking

  
A good friend who happens to have a Ph.D related to some aspect of water chemistry, and who also works as a scientist for one of the largest water utilities in the country, mentioned to me last night that the September issue of the American Water Works Association had an article on hydrofracturing.

It does.

The title: The Threat from Hydrofracking

Here's one quote:

"Even with a separation distance of hundreds or thousands of feet, this still represents a threat to the water supply." - from page 28, September 2010 - Journal AWWA.  

Now folks, the AWWA bills itself as "The Authoritative Resource on Safe Water".  Here's a link to their website, but you have to be a paying member to get a copy of the four-page article beginning on page 26.

Here's my Q?: If a leading water quality association like the AWWA refers to hydrofracturing as "a threat"...shouldn't we who drink water every day to live take notice?

Like a stone skipping across a pond, the ripple effect continues...

P.S. - Ripped out all the soggy carpet, rented a 36" hurricane-force fan, and need to crash & burn for a few hours.

Nite.
       
     

Hey, Cabot: Free (*) Fracking Water!

  
Needless to say, thanks to the remnants of some tropical lady named Nicole, any plans we had for this weekend are shot.

My home sits in an area with a very high water table, and even with two sump pumps running full throttle, they could not keep up with the torrential downpour. The high water alarm went off at around 2 a.m., and even though I had the second pump running in less than 5 minutes...it was too late. Fortunately, we did have enough time to get all the electronic gizmos up on countertops, and although we ended up with a good 3" of water throughout the entire basement, I'm hoping our losses will be limited.

The rain has stopped right now, and from what I can see, the sump pumps are finally winning the battle and the basement should be ready for the clean-up to begin in several hours.

If any empty Cabot water tankers are in my neck-of-the-woods, please feel free to stop by and fill 'er up. Considering it looks like you'll be forking out some $12M to the folks in Dimock to get them hooked up to a municipal water supply, I'll cut you a break on the price per gallon.

(*) Terms subject to change without prior notice.

I'll be offline for a couple of days, folks. Enjoy your weekend.