Government and Big Business Using Propaganda to BRAINWASH Public on Natural Gas

Thank God for Gasland...it was and is a wake up call, hopefully one that America hears, hopefully one that sees us as private citizens get galvanized behind an issue like we have not done since the protests against the Vietnam War.   Leave no doubt, our lands are under siege, the Natural Gas industry with the help and full backing of our government (local, state and federal) government willing to stoop to any level to frack our lands.  We as citizens are under attack, a full bore Propaganda Campaign targeted at us, telling us how good Natural Gas is for America, how green a fuel it is...BOTH LIES, both claims meant to play on emotions, divide our communities into us and them camp as battle lines are draw, neighbor against neighbor, while the Natural Gas industry does and end around, selling the concept of Natural Gas as a clean green PATRIOTIC fuel to our children, finding insidious means to take their message right to our children in the schools.

I would suggest one do some research, begin looking at the wealth of reports and data out there that show we are being sold out, that the decision to drill for Natural Gas in New York's Marcellus Shale already made, the government merely placating us for now hoping to avoid armed confrontation, troops being used to protect Natural Gas companies like Chesapeake Energy and their access to our lands for the purpose of extracting Natural Gas at all cost...for now, they have time, time to use commercial, pamphlets, and committees filled with Natural Gas Industry insiders that have been charged to write guidelines for drilling...all of these meant to brainwash us into blind acceptance of our fate, brainwash us into believing the lie that Natural Gas is a clean green fossil fuel that is GOOD FOR AMERICA.  

Take a look at this week's announcement from the White House about their new Natural Gas committee...the purpose of the committee is not to study Hydraulic Fracturing, but instead is a committee who's sole purpose is to find ways to EXPEDITE the drilling of our lands, for us to acquiesce to the landman, sign their leases like good Patriotic Americans.  At almost every stump speech now, he hammers on NATURAL GAS and increasing its production as is witnessed by this quote from his appearance in Indiana:

"If we’re serious about meeting our energy challenge we’re going to have to do more than drill.  And that’s why the real solution is clean, homegrown energy.  The real solution is advanced biofuels -- and there’s a lot of good biofuel work being done here in Indiana.  It means that we’ve got to have natural gas vehicles.  We’ve got a lot of natural gas that can be produced here in the United States of America.  It means making our cars and trucks more energy-efficient, because if we use less oil, that reduces demand; that brings the price down; and you will see the impact at the pump.  That’s what’s going to make a difference and that’s why what you’re doing here is so important."

Forget the safety issues, don't worry about (un)Natural Gas companies spoiling the land, and poisoning our drinking water...DRILL BABY DRILL, and President Obama is LEADING THE CHORUS.  With orders from the White House, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced a new committee on Natural Gas, and this committee was/is charged with bringing Natural Gas to the market place AT ALL COSTS...

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, seeing increased domestic natural gas production as a linchpin in its long-term energy strategy, has named a panel of experts to find ways to make hydraulic fracturing, a fast-growing method of extracting natural gas, safer and cleaner. 

Giving lip service to safer and cleaner, the Obama White House wants Natural Gas, and they wanted it FAST.  As you read up on this new committee, read about its charge, you realize we are being conned...as example, the committee has been given only NINETY DAYS to present a plan to get more natural gas to market in a faster way...in short, DRILL BABY DRILL. As this is going on, those of us living at ground zero here in the Marcellus Shale are being deluged day and night with on-the-air PROPAGANDA as commercial after commercial touts Natural Gas as a Patriotically GREEN energy source...this onslaught times so that our children are FORCED to see, participate in and be brainwashed themselves...imagine an adult, articulate, versed on the issue, opposed to FRACKING having their child come in and say, "Mommy, we should let them drill for Natural Gas on our property, it's a CLEAN ENERGY SOURCE, and America needs the energy."

Before America races headlong into raping our lands in the name of Natural Gas, I have a few questions for the industry, for our politicians, for President Barack Obama.

1.  Is it fair to used Pooling to force property owners to accept drilling using Hydraulic Fracturing under their lands...even when they OWN THEIR MINERAL RIGHTS?

2.  Is it fair to use a drilling method that you know will drive down the property values of those living in these new Gas Drilling Fields?

Will be Imprisoned For Opposing Fracking?

3.  Is it fair to force Hydraulic Fracturing on communities, is it fair to even let the industry use this technology when you know that said technology will negatively impact the drinking water supplies of many of the communities which will be fracked?

4.  In the name of National Energy Security, is it right and moral for the US EPA and other regulatory agencies to let Natural Gas companies use FRACKING CHEMICALS that are known carcinogens that cause cancers, birth defects and other health issues too access this resource?

5.  Just how much collateral damage in despoiled land (including in our state and national parks), in ruined drinking water supplies, in lost lives is acceptable in the name of Natural Gas?  Have we learned NOTHING from the nuclear disaster in Japan?  Have we not learned that you cannot simply assumed the worst case scenario will NEVER HAPPEN?

I ask you America...at what cost Natural Gas?

Why Tom Corvett's Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission's IS A SHAME

As pointed out in the previous article, protesters yesterday successfully interupted the proceedings of the Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission's second meeting, and they should be applauded.  More importantly though...do they have a point in their protests, is the governor's Commission a SHAME, stacked in favor if a dishonest, corrupt (un)Natural Gas Industry?  In a word, "Yes".  Consider if you will some very disturbing facts.

1. EIGHT companies that have liberal representation on the Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission were cited with VIOLATIONS last year...including the notorious KING DADDY ENVIRONMENTAL RAPIST, Chesapeake Energy who has had TWO well head failures in the past few months, three in the past ten with the latest being the Bradford County well failure which dumped tens of thousands of gallons of lethal fracking chemicals out onto farmland, and into streams.

2.   One of these companies with commission representation LEAD THE STATE IN VIOLATIONS, and will let you guess WHO IT WAS.

3.  SURPRISE SURPRISE, every one of these companies WERE HEAVY CONTRIBUTORS to Tom Corbett's campaign for governor.

Now if you listen to these industry insiders, the proverbial FOXES guarding the henhouse, they will claim their
presence on the Commission adds extremely valuable expertise, knowledge and talent to the panel. Knowledge of what?  How to skirt and/or break the laws meant to protect human health and the environment?  How to see that the rules meant to regulate themselves are written in a way that FAVORS THEMSELVES?  How to see that the recommendations, and resulting rules are written in a way that they can just write out a check as a cost of doing business every time they destroy a water supply, or despoil the land?

The citizens of Pennsylvania should already be circulating a Recall Petition to rid themselves of Tom Corbett who may well be the most dishonest politician to hold public office.

Will It Take Armed Citizens Banning Together To Stop The Natural Gas Fracking?

This is not a rhetorical question...we can see numerous examples of citizens forced to let Natural Gas companies RAPE THEIR LAND...you even watch industry PROPAGANDA video, and they proudly admit to doing horizontal hydraulic fracking a FULL MILE from their well heads.  here in NY if a leasing company can get 60 percent of the land (based on acreage...not land owners) will allow them to FRACK THE OTHER 40 PERCENT over land owners objections.   Watch this video...citizens cannot even own ANYTHING UNDER THEIR LAND....THE STATE DOES!...they sell the leases, and property owners get a pittance, and a fist full of problems.  What steps in this neighbor against neighbor FRACKING WARwill communities have to take to protect their property, their water their health?  It is a question each community must make, and sadly, sooner rather than later, as the GAS ROBBER BARONS are coming to a town near you.

Fracking is becoming a common method of natural gas extraction in shale formations throughout the U.S. including:

The Marcellus shale, which extends from New York State, though Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and into parts of Ohio, Maryland and Virginia;
the Haynesville-Bossier shale in Louisiana and Texas;
the Fayetteville shale in northern Arkansas and adjoining states;
the Barnett shale in Texas;
the Eagle Ford shale, in south Texas;
the Woodford shale, in Oklahoma and Texas.

@knappAP over on Twitter...a Natural Gas Landman and Pro Natural Gas ZEALOT apparently did not appreciate my play on words when I used banning...but then, what would one expect from someone who so easily lies to people to get their signature on a land lease?

In Their Own Annual Report Frac Tech Services Admits THEIR SERVICES POSE RISK

Shale Gas Drilling-We Will Kill Your Water

OK, no one wants to listen to the words of a long haired RADICAL FRINGE ENVIRONMENTALIST...I mean we are tree huggers, eat Tofu, and wear funny looking shoes.  So, don't listen too us when it comes to the issue of Hydraulic Fracturing...INSTEAD, READ THE WORDS PRINTED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT of a major supplier of High Pressure Hydraulic Fracturing to the (un)Natural Gas Industry...they come right out and ADMIT their operations POSE RISKS to our soils, and our water.  (Frac Tech Services...Chesapeake Energy owns a stake in this company)

 

FROM ANNUAL REPORT

Our operations pose risks of environmental liability, including leakage from our operations to surface or subsurface soils, surface water or groundwater.

Ohio State Parks Too Play Host To Shale Gas Drilling?

Ok...something just seems so wrong here...State and Federal Park Lands were made into parks to protect their natural beauty, were SET ASIDE LANDS that were/are supposed to be PRESERVED...many of these beautiful lands, their waterways and scenic vistas have been protected not just for decades, but in many cases for generations as families down through time have enjoyed, used and taken advantage of lands acquired and set aside with the help, they set asides and the maintaining of them paid for with our own tax dollars, and various fees we pay to use certain aspects of said parks, such as camping.  So imagine my surprise yesterday to read a twitter from a woman, where in she stated a certain segment of a particular hiking trail  in a Pennsylvania Park was being rerouted around a Shale Gas Drill (FRACKING) site on these public lands.  She found out from her husband who was planning out the Scout Troops annual 50 mile hiking adventure.  I tweeted about it, provided a link for those wishing to verify the information being provided.

Now tonight, again on Twitter, I stumble upon a link (from the opposition) which led me to an article wherein the primary focus was the state of Ohio's plan to sell (un)Natural Gas Leases inside the boundaries of Ohio's State Parks...we are not just talking one lease, but untold HUNDREDS of leases if one is willing to just read between the lines a tiny bit.  The basic strategy apparently, is to use the money from this despoiling of the Parks to maintain and beautify them...EXCUSE ME?  Isn't a great deal of the beauty of the parks lost when you have contaminated water ponds, ground water contamination, scarred land, and loud trucks rumbling back and forth all day through the once quite rural park lands?

Can someone please tell me what I am missing here?  Surely this is one of the most ruthless rapes of our Park System ever stumbled upon?  Surely, the governor of the Great state of Ohio is being very shorted sighted when he is willing to permanently and forever destroy vast stretches of our Park system to address short term budget shortfalls?  Furthermore, is it just me, but if the state is supposed to be regulating these companies, protecting our environment, making sure the tenants of the Clean Water Act are adhered too, does the sale of such leases by the states create a HUGE CONFLICT OF INTEREST...after all, would not the sale of such leases, put one in bed with the very people they are supposed too be protecting us against?