CO2 Mazuku CO2 is heavier than air and sits on the surface of water and ground. Plants will absorb and convert CO2 but in high concentration Mazuku's kill fish, humans and animals. Fracking releases CO2 concentrations trapped underground. <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YEPNYRD09es" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Fracking creates Fumaroles: Fumaroles (also called solfataras), which emit mixtures of steam and other gases, are fed by conduits that pass through the water table before reaching the surface of the ground. Fumarole gases usually consist predominantly of steam, followed in abundance by carbon dioxide and compounds of sulfur and chlorine, carbon monoxide, fluorine and boron compounds, ammonia, and several other compounds. Close to a vent, these gases can endanger life and health as well as property. Acids and ammonia and other compounds present in Fumarolic gases can damage eyes and respiratory systems of people and animals, and accumulation in closed depressions of gases heavier than air, like carbon dioxide, can suffocate people or animals that enter such basins. Other harmful effects of these gases on plants and animals, and corrosion of metals and other property, can be severe near and downwind form especially active vents. Even very dilute gases can have a noticeable odor and can harm plants and some animals tens of kilometers downwind from a vent. Deep undergound these toxic chemicals are trapped being dissolved in molten rock under high pressure. Upon release these gases undergo a tremendous increase in volume rising to the earth's surface. The one cubic meter of gas would occupy a volume of 670 m3 at atmospheric pressure. The one meter cube at depth would increase to 8.75 m on each side at the surface.
This is equivalent to "Say YES to HIGHER HEATING BILLS". Not passing a judgement, just making an observation.
'Fracking' Report: Carcinogens Injected Into Wells, House Democrats Say WASHINGTON â Millions of gallons of potentially hazardous chemicals and known carcinogens were injected into wells by leading oil and gas service companies from 2005-2009, a report by three House Democrats said Saturday. The report said 29 of the chemicals injected were known-or-suspected human carcinogens. They either were regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act as risks to human health or listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act. Methanol was the most widely used chemical. The substance is a hazardous air pollutant and is on the candidate list for potential regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The report was issued by Reps. Henry Waxman of California, Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Diana DeGette of Colorado. The chemicals are injected during hydraulic fracturing, a process used in combination with horizontal drilling to allow access to natural gas reserves previously considered uneconomical. The growing use of hydraulic fracturing has allowed natural gas production in the United States to reach levels not achieved since the early 1970s. However, the process requires large quantities of water and fluids, injected underground at high volumes and pressure. The composition of these fluids ranges from a simple mixture of water and sand to more complex mixtures with chemical additives. The report said that from 2005-2009, the following states had at least 100,000 gallons of hydraulic fracturing fluids containing a carcinogen: Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Wyoming, North Dakota, New Mexico, Montana and Utah. States with 100,000 gallons or more of fluids containing a regulated chemical under the Safe Drinking Water Act were: Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Mississippi and North Dakota. Advertisement The report said many chemical components were listed as "proprietary" or "trade secret." "Hydraulic fracturing has opened access to vast domestic reserves of natural gas that could provide an important stepping stone to a clean energy future," the report said. "Yet, questions about the safety of hydraulic fracturing persist, which are compounded by the secrecy surrounding the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing fluids. This analysis is the most comprehensive national assessment to date of the types and volumes of chemical used in the hydraulic fracturing process." The investigation of chemicals used in fracturing was started in the last Congress by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which then was controlled by Democrats. The committee asked the 14 leading oil and gas service companies to disclose the types and volumes of the hydraulic fracturing products they used between 2005 and 2009 and the chemical contents of those products _____ Online: House Energy and Commerce Democratic site http://democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/21/fracking-shutdown-earthquakes-arkansas_n_851930.html Fracking Well Shutdown Extended As Researchers Study Link To Earthquakes In Arkansas LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Two natural gas exploration companies have agreed to extend the shutdowns of two injection wells in Arkansas as researchers study whether the operations are linked to more than 1,000 unexplained earthquakes in the region, a state commission said Wednesday.
5.6 Fracking Earthquake Hits Oklahoma "This is not a natural earthquake. This is due to fracking operations going on in the area. Sorry for the folks making excuses for the oil and gas operations. This one is theirs at 5 km (3.1miles, 16,500 Feet). Its depth is square in the region affected by their drilling. It may in fact be exactly at their drill depth. " http://pesn.com/2011/11/06/9601949_5.6_Fracking_Earthquake_Hits_Oklahoma/
Well, you're fucked! Not only am I a trader, but I had Frito pie today, thus watch the rhicter scale tonight as I will be laying down a few earthquakes.
Most of this is propaganda spread by the hysterical global warming crowd. They will find something to whine about in any kind of energy exploration, whether it is oil, gas, coal, nuclear, and whether it is offshore, deep well, hoirzontal shale well, etc. Of course, these are mostly the very same people who scream bloody murder about utilities ripping them off when their electric bill goes up and who are outraged about gasoline prices. Let's just say logic is not their strong suit. Fraccing takes place very deep underground and the actual explosives are not all that powerful. If they were powerful don't you think they'd rip the well and casing apart. Almost all the environmental problems ahve been caused by surface poluution, eg loss fo control of drilling fluids which then seep into the ground. I'm not miniminizing the damage drilling does or coal mining either, and I do think we should have a zero tolerance policy for mistakes offshore. But we face choices, and I for one am not ready to see my electic bills triple or my nat gas to triple because of some overblown fears.
Fracking does not use explosives under ground. The practice of fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, involves pumping water, sand and chemicals at high pressure into shale rock, to release the gas it holds. As pressure builds up the natural rocks and formations shift and crack which are essentially man made small little earth quakes. Natural Gas, fluids and other trapped gases (CO2, Helium etc) get released and expand greatly as they try to reach the surface. Fresh Water pools get contaminated and we see mass fish kill offs and water wells that ignite. Crescendo affect The state of Oklahoma is investigating whether a more than 20-fold jump in the number of earthquakes in the past two years is connected to a surge in fracking. The number of earthquakes recorded in the state soared from its historical average of about 50 a year to 1,047 last year and is likely to match or break that this year, said Austin Holland, a seismologist at the Oklahoma Geological Survey. Holland estimates that the volume of shale gas extraction in Oklahoma has "roughly doubled in the past few years'' from tens of thousands of recent fracturing well operations. There is an obvious pattern here. All they have to do is stop all fracking for 90 days and see if the # of earth quakes drops. Then resume for 90 days and compare the counts.