Fracking Crazy

[pappy]

The image below is a list of the Chemicals used in just one well in Ohio. Links after the image to the article from the Akron Beacon Journal and to the web source for the image.



Akron Beacon Journal Article

Image sourced from Fracfocus.org.

Reactions quoted in the article;

Quote:Drilling opponents are shocked and concerned by the tonnage totals.

“Wow. I’m absolutely dumbfounded. … That number is far bigger than I ever expected,” said Teresa Mills of Columbus, a representative of the Center for Health, Environment and Justice and of No Frack Ohio, a coalition of 70 Ohio grass-roots groups. “We never thought the numbers would be that big. ... That’s extremely troubling.”

Dr. Donald Palmer, a geology professor at Kent State University, said he was not surprised by the total.

“It takes an incredible amount of chemicals,” he said.

It will take hundreds of truckloads of chemicals and water to frack each well, he said. “It’s a big, big operation.”

[jaxx]

The chemical additives are used as iron-control agents, corrosion inhibitors, clay stabilizers, breakers, gelling agents, friction reducers, bactericides, scale inhibitors, pH adjusting agents, cross-linking agents, solvents and surfactants.>>

How do they think this stuff won't get into ground water?

[There Is No Spoon]

(02-12-2012 12:02 PM)jaxx Wrote:  The chemical additives are used as iron-control agents, corrosion inhibitors, clay stabilizers, breakers, gelling agents, friction reducers, bactericides, scale inhibitors, pH adjusting agents, cross-linking agents, solvents and surfactants.>>

How do they think this stuff won't get into ground water?

The ads claim that it's far below the water table (which is true) and that they double seal the drilling holes down to far below the water table - which is true but this is where shortcuts (they use concrete just like BP did in the Gulf) and accidents/mistakes (that aren't reported) come into play. Also, one has to wonder if there are ever porous areas or cracks created by the fracking that allow the chemicals to percolate up to the water table.