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This is a good discussion and review of the science around one aspect of hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas, green house gas emissions. There's a lot more to consider in deciding whether fracking in worth it than just this issue but good reporting like this is certainly part of the homework.
On Shale Gas, Warming and Whiplash - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Sun Jan 8, 2012 9:51 PM EST
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Basically this article and discussion is about whether coal or natural gas (extracted by fracking) has the greater GHG emissions. I could not tell from reading it whether they factored in the energy and associated emissions involved in extraction. After all it takes (an increasing amount of) energy to get energy. Anybody out there that can comment on that?
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#1 - Sun Jan 8, 2012 9:59 PM ESTIt should be a moot point because we should be putting this money and effort into renewables. We need to eliminate our use of fossil fuels.
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Tim - I agree. The article was interesting from an academic standpoint but the analysis was too narrowly focused to decide the wisdom (lack of) of fracking.
I'm amazed at the money industry is willing to spend just to promote and lobby for fracking. I can't help but think if that was spent on renewables we'd be well on our way to not needing fracking.
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I'm amazed at the money industry is willing to spend just to promote and lobby for fracking. I can't help but think if that was spent on renewables we'd be well on our way to not needing fracking.
The reason renewables are developing as slowly as they have and are is because a handful of people can't control the fuel and therefore the profit. This is one example of where the profit motive fails to be the best motivator for human activity. Renewables benefit everyone equally and that is just opposite to the capitalist system and the greed that drives it. That explains the attitude of not caring what happens to communities and people from these self-destructive practices. Someone can make a lot of money destroying the lives of millions and it is "admired" in this country.
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