Comments on: To The Editor: Where’s the evidence? http://rockrivertimes.com/2009/12/09/to-the-editor-where%e2%80%99s-the-evidence/ The Rock River Times - THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1993 Thu, 16 May 2013 22:09:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Richard Kanak http://rockrivertimes.com/2009/12/09/to-the-editor-where%e2%80%99s-the-evidence/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Richard Kanak Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:41:50 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=21606#comment-450 In response to the article, IS SHALE GAS BEING OVERSOLD. The simple answer is yes. Any process which extracts fossil carbon from the environment ultimately adds to the CO2 levels in the environment. Is it not ironic also that one of the proposals for reducing CO2 in the atmosphere is to store it deep underground. Would it not be better to leave it there? It is safe to presume that those industries which today benefit from extraction of fossil fuel anticipate a windfall of profit in the future storing of CO2. The New York Times of December 8, 2009 reported that gas companies use at least 260 types of chemicals, many of them toxic, in the extraction of gas from shale. At present there are no sound procedures for processing the toxic wastewater generated by the process. It has been reported ground water is now being contaminated by these procedures and at present no known corrective measures. We can live without shale gas, but cannot live without clean water. In response to the article, IS SHALE GAS BEING OVERSOLD. The simple answer is yes.
Any process which extracts fossil carbon from the environment ultimately adds to the CO2 levels in the environment. Is it not ironic also that one of the proposals for reducing CO2 in the atmosphere is to store it deep underground. Would it not be better to leave it there?

It is safe to presume that those industries which today benefit from extraction of fossil fuel anticipate a windfall of profit in the future storing of CO2.

The New York Times of December 8, 2009 reported that gas companies use at least 260 types of chemicals, many of them toxic, in the extraction of gas from shale. At present there are no sound procedures for processing the toxic wastewater generated by the process.

It has been reported ground water is now being contaminated by these procedures and at present no known corrective measures. We can live without shale gas, but cannot live without clean water.

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