It is articles like this at the Lehigh Valley News that compels me to continue in my effort to document the hysteria that surrounds natural gas drilling in the Marcellus shale. The Lehigh Valley Sierra Club chairman, Don Miles repeats the false assertion that hydraulic fracturing will contaminate fresh water aquifers, pollute wells and pollute rivers. How does he know this as there has yet to be one documented instance where horizontal drilling has caused this scenario. His argument is pure rhetoric and has no basis in science or fact.
In fact this line of argument is effectively rebutted by Taury Smith, New York State's official geologist and self described liberal democrat who argues that the anti-fracturing groups are exaggerating potential problems and that "the worst spin on the worst incidents are treated as if it's going to be the norm here." In fact Smith is more interested in global warming than extraction of natural gas, stating "This could really help us fight climate change; this is a huge gift, this shale."
At least Mr. Smith is an honest liberal who will actually use the science and data honestly and with integrity. The rest of the anti-fracking crowd repeat talking points that have no basis in fact to facilitate an agenda that benefits a few (have's) at the expense of the many (have not's). There I said it. Money talks and it has nothing to do spreading the wealth. It is about the affluent among us dictating what is acceptable and what is not.
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Good for Smith. An honest liberal, go figure.
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