Use Gas Industry's Wealth AGAINST THEM...GET THEIR FREEBIES!

The Natural Gas industry, even our own government are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on what could be described as America's GREATEST PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN as they try to shape the general public's perceptions and expectations when it comes to Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, and the DAMAGE that will result from its wide spread use.  Well, it is time we in the Anti-Fracking camp start SPENDING SOME OF THEIR MONEY!  If you start looking around, you will find out that many Pro_Natural Gas Groups (funded by A) the natural gas industry and/or B) our TAXES) are willing to send you out a lot of FREE STUFF....now I know we do not really WANT THIS STUFF....but, every time one of us receives a freebie from their side, we are DEPLETING THEIR WAR CHEST in this fight.

As example, yesterday I received a nice hand written note with not one, but two bumper stickers from Energize WV.  Letterhead stationary and envelope...the time to write the note, put everything in the envelope cost them at least a few bucks...not much, but what if we started doing that in the THOUSANDS, and hitting multiple sites to collect their freebies?  Another example...Pro Natural Gas shill American Clean Skies (their whole entire board is made up of Oil Industry board members, and 20 million has been steered their way) is so anxious to get their answer to Gasland out into the hands of the public, they sent me a FREE CD COPY OVER NIGHT DELIVERY!

If you know of industry FREEBIES, leave us a comment with their name!

What hydrofracking really means to us: Citizens Beware

 So, the Landman is knocking on doors and promising FIST FULLS OF DOLLARS to any one that shows and interest.  He hits the large acreage holders first, knowing a few of them will make it easier for him to use duress too get the small land holders to cave in and sign...but what does fracking coming to your community really mean?  Below is a list I found that I have borrowed and embellished a bit as more truths come out about the horror of Fracking use in the Natural Gas Industry...before you sign that lease, before you take the proverbial 35 pieces of Judas silver ask yourselves, "Is this what I want for my community, for my children and their children."  Any one with soul, with heart, with conscience will make the right decision and send the Landman packing.

• Industrialization of our quiet rural communities, even destruction of suburban neighborhoods.

• Contaminated water wells, springs and streams leaving us poisoned drinking water.

• Loud obnoxious diesel engines running 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, with lights on.

• Significant and constant air pollution from evaporation of flowback ponds filled with TOXIC chemicals.

• Further contamination of our air from the escaping gas, which is “normal”...BUT UNSAFE and NOXIOUS.

• Contamination of livestock, pets, and wild animals, including, of course, deer...you'll love the dead bloated carcass laying in your yard, and a Natural Gas employee telling, "It's not us, deal with it."

• Massive depreciation of property values, leaving them all but unsalable...who wants a home that has NO ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER?

• Imported Migrant workers from Texas and Louisiana, not local workers as the Natural Gas companies lie and say, "Sorry, your local workers do not have the right skill sets for this work.

•Increased crimes again a person initiated by people with too much money in their pockets and time on their hands.

• Tremendous increase in heavy truck traffic day and night ruining roads, causing accidents, and DUMPING TOXINS when they can get away with it.

• Fish kills in now polluted lakes, ponds, rivers and streams...sure that is what you want your children to see when you go for a spring walk down to the pond of stream.

• Increase in taxes to pay for what these gas companies cost us...IE, radioactively contaminated Sewage Treatment plants that will require remediation AT LOCAL CITIZENS EXPENSE. 

• The rancid, headache causing smell of diesel exhaust in the air, 24/7, and lets not forget THE NOISE.

• Devastation of tourism trade, destruction of local agriculture.

• Health problems, including cancers, childhood leukemia and birth defects  from the toxic Natural GAs drilling pollution and the stress that comes from living in an industrial wasteland devoid of all beauty and normalcy of life.

• A net loss of jobs, and over time a destruction of your local community tax base.

Some General Information, and NY State Fracking Chemicals List

So, just what kinds of chemicals are involved in Fracking...below is the NY State list (or at least that part of it that has made its way into the public domain) as well as a small list of terms that you might want to familiarize yourselves with.  

The (un)Natural Gas industry would have us believe that these chemicals are harmless...IE, they have been quoted as saying things like, "They are common things you would find in your household detergents".  OK...so we take the first item on the list Benzisothiazolin-2-one...and we find the following warning:

The acute health risks from exposure to N-butyl-1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one are potentially significant due primarily to its corrosive nature to the skin. However, the precautionary and first aid statements on the product label, as well as label directions requiring personal protective equipment (PPE) and other protective measures adequately mitigate the potential health risks to persons who may come in contact with the pesticide. 

Gee...the acute health risks from exposure are POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT due primarily to its corrosive nature to the skin.  First, how many citizens around fracking sights have complained of SKIN RASHES?  Secondly, how many of these citizens are being provided the protective equipment (PPE) and are cautioned to take the protective measures necessary to MITIGATE this potential health risk? 

OK, lets pick another one from the list...say, 1,4 Dioxane.  Mind you, the (un)Natural Gas industry is throwing wells up in Suburban areas, wanting to put up thousands of wells here in New York in some of our most pristine lands, in NY's biggest water shed, but the EPA and these companies assure us that Dioxane is SAFE...is it?  You be the judge...

1,4 Fioxane- Acute (short-term) inhalation exposure to high levels of 1,4-dioxane has caused vertigo, drowsiness, headache, anorexia and irritation of the eyes, nose, throat, and lungs in humans.  It may also irritate the skin.  Damage to the liver and kidneys has been observed in rats chronically (long-term) exposed in their drinking water. 

Perhaps you should go look at some of the citizens complaints that speak of the negative health effects they are experiencing living near a Natural Gas well that is employing Hydro-Fracking techniques to increase gas capture.  You will find many of them mimic the symptoms that are mentioned above, yet the industry says, "Prove it is our CHEMICALS!" We'll be exploring more of these chemicals in the days and weeks to come as we get more familiar with the issue.

"Chemical Constituents in Additives/Chemicals" used in Fracturing (New York State list)

(Extracted from http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/materials_minerals_pdf/ogdsgeischap5.pdf)

CASNumber	Chemical Constituent
2634-33-5	1,2 Benzisothiazolin-2-one / 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one
95-63-6	1,2,4 trimethylbenzene
123-91-1	1,4-Dioxane
3452-07-1	1-eicosene
629-73-2	1-hexadecene
112-88-9	1-octadecene
1120-36-1	1-tetradecene
10222-01-2	2,2 Dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide, a biocide
27776-21-2	2,2'-azobis-{2-(imidazlin-2-yl)propane}-dihydrochloride
73003-80-2	2,2-Dobromomalonamide
15214-89-8	2-Acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulphonic acid sodium salt polymer
46830-22-2	2-acryloyloxyethyl(benzyl)dimethylammonium chloride
52-51-7	2-Bromo-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol
111-76-2	2-Butoxy ethanol
1113-55-9	2-Dibromo-3-Nitriloprionamide (2-Monobromo-3-nitriilopropionamide)
104-76-7	2-Ethyl Hexanol
67-63-0	2-Propanol / Isopropyl Alcohol / Isopropanol / Propan-2-ol
26062-79-3	2-Propen-1-aminium, N,N-dimethyl-N-2-propenyl-chloride, homopolymer
9003-03-6	2-propenoic acid, homopolymer, ammonium salt
25987-30-8	2-Propenoic acid, polymer with 2 p-propenamide, sodium salt / Copolymer of acrylamide and sodium acrylate
71050-62-9	2-Propenoic acid, polymer with sodium phosphinate (1:1)
66019-18-9	2-propenoic acid, telomer with sodium hydrogen sulfite
107-19-7	2-Propyn-1-ol / Propargyl alcohol
51229-78-8	3,5,7-Triaza-1-azoniatricyclo[3.3.1.13,7]decane, 1-(3-chloro-2-propenyl)-chloride,
115-19-5	3-methyl-1-butyn-3-ol
127087-87-0	4-Nonylphenol Polyethylene Glycol Ether Branched / Nonylphenol ethoxylated / Oxyalkylated Phenol
64-19-7	Acetic acid
68442-62-6	Acetic acid, hydroxy-, reaction products with triethanolamine
108-24-7	Acetic Anhydride
67-64-1	Acetone
79-06-1	Acrylamide

Terminology

Fracture Gradient

The pressure to fracture the formation at a particular depth divided by the depth. A fracture gradient of 18 kPa/m (0.8 psi/foot) implies that at a depth of 3 km (10,000 feet) a pressure of 54 MPa (8,000 psi) will extend a hydraulic fracture.

ISIP - Instantaneous Shut In Pressure

The pressure measured immediately after injection stops. The ISIP provides a measure of the pressure in the fracture at the wellbore by removing contributions from fluid friction.

Leakoff

Loss of fracturing fluid from the fracture channel into the surrounding permeable rock.

Fracturing fluid

The fluid used during a hydraulic fracture treatment of oil, gas or water wells. The fracturing fluid has two major functions 1) Open and extend the fracture; 2) Transport the proppant along the fracture length.

Proppant

Suspended particles in the fracturing fluid that are used to hold fractures open after a hydraulic fracturing treatment, thus producing a conductive pathway that fluids can easily flow along. Naturally occurring sand grains or artificial ceramic material are common proppants used.

Concise slang

"Fracing" (sometimes spelled "fracking") is a shortened version of fracturing.