This is disgusting.
Next time someone publicly says that we should be careful with fossil fuels show them this. This a big FUCK YOU EARTH coming from America.
Next time someone publicly says that we should be careful with fossil fuels show them this. This a big FUCK YOU EARTH coming from America.
Fracking worries me and the wild west mentality that shows up whenever there are quick riches - be it energy, internet stocks or real estate - always leads to an ugly hangover. I just think it's better to take a step back and wonder about context vs getting sucked straight to this point.
What if burnt gas is evenly distributed so that no one drill site is burning more than 0.5%? Who's responsibility is it?
Care to put a dollar figure on it?
Natural gas might as well be free in ND. Half a million homes is all of ND. For reference, I have a 104-year-old, drafty as hell ~2200 square foot home in Fargo, where I pay about $50/month for gas. I heat my home, my water and cook with natural gas. Our average winter temp is about 12 degrees F. I pay more for city garbage, sewage and other city services per month than I pay for gas.
The issue is how in the hell do you export it? You have to run billions of dollars of lines out, when gas is a fraction of the value as the oil. Also, the boom is a recent phenomena. This is going to take a long time before we build out the infrastructure.
A big FUCK YOU to you leftists who stop progress at every opportunity.