Every time I read posts by the folks at EID/NMI, I am reminded of this slide which was part of a presentation given by a rep from Chesapeake Energy at Temple University a few years back.
The arrow is mine, and brings attention to the following quote on slide #16:
Marcellus Shale - 1.3 miles below impermeable rock
Photo by Don Williams
Lest we forget...from the mouth keyboard of one of the world's leading experts on the geology of the Marcellus Shale formation:
"There is NO such thing as 100% unfractured/impermeable rock.."
If you've forgotten the rest, read this post again.
Now...why would Chesapeake include an absolute lie on one of their slides?
Anyway, I'd like to briefly focus on the following quote from the EID/NMI post I linked to earlier:
"We have been to several meetings of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission and learned quite a bit about the amount of water being consumed for natural gas development. It is actually far less than many other industries, despite the seemingly high amount of water used per well. In fact, since the Marcellus began the natural gas industry has used a total of 5.6 billion gallons of water which is pretty much statistically insignificant when compared to the 20 billion gallons per day daily average flow of the Susquehanna River."
Problem is, young lady, the natural gas industry is not withdrawing water from the Susquehanna at Havre de Grace, MD where it flows at ~20 billion GPD. As convenient as it is for you and others to throw out those numbers, as your leader did at the last SRBC public hearing, as you fully know, much of the water is being taken 200+ miles upstream from the Susquehanna's headwaters that are shin deep and, in some cases, can be crossed in one or two strides. Additionally, the water being withdrawn by "other industries" like golf courses, for example, is very quickly returned to the hydrologic cycle. No matter how you attempt to obfuscate the truth, you cannot say the same for the industry that pays your salary, i.e. you should probably learn what "consumptive use" means.
Towanda Creek - Photo by Dan Natt
Tuscarora Creek - Photo by Don Williams
At your very best, young lady, when you are at the top of your game, the cumulative impact of your efforts are, ummm...
statistically insignificant.
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