Lies About Fracking

As of Tuesday, March 12, 2013

The petroleum industry is lying to, and misleading, the public when looking for new sources of gas.

Fracking uses huge amounts of water, it pumps hundreds of gallons of unnamed chemicals (thanks to VP Dick Cheney) into the shale to release the gas, which invariably pollutes the underground aquifers. Transporting the heavy equipment in and out of the drilling site damages secondary roads not designed to handle such traffic.

The industry claims to create new jobs. True, but they are minimum wage jobs. The frackers bring their own experienced higher paying positions with them.

A panel of “experts” in our state was tasked with studying the impact of fracking on the environment, as well as other factors having to do with local and state economies. The first thing the new governor did was to drop geologists from the panel. Their input into the debate might hinder the process by pointing out potential damage to our underground water table.

One can only hope that the landowners in the affected areas will not sell out to the frackers, and show respect for their neighbors who live downstream from them.

Carl Sellers

Southern Pines

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booty2tee 2 months, 1 week ago

I hope at least some of our legislators will take the time to read some real life stories that are out there such as as:

http://www.greenlaurel.com/greenlaurel.com/Articles/Entries/2013/2/21_Frackings_catch-22__How_legal_exemptions_shield_natural_gas_and_throw_citizens_under_the_bus.html

http://ecowatch.org/2012/fracking-north-dakota/

I would like to add while many landowners in Lee County have already signed leases about 3 years ago there still are a LOT of people who live in the fracking areas that will have no choice in the matter due to not owning their mineral rights. Dan Butler of Southern Pines is a huge proponent of fracking because he owns about 2500 acres of mineral rights in Lee county that many "surface only owners" live on top of.
It's going to be so sad and frustrating for many residents who live in the fracking areas that will be subject to HUGE, LOUD AND SMELLY Industrial operations going on within yards of their home due to having no control over what our legislators are fast tracking and ramming down out throats. If this were not such a serious issue to our citizens and the environment it would almost be laughable the way our GA is handling this fracking situation.

The_AnonymusProfit 2 months, 1 week ago

More fracking stuff?

Seriously. not one op ed piece, editorial, etc that has been published by this paper, (this one included) has come even close to being based in actual research.