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Good to know, thanks.

Jamie Friedland — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 03:34:36 +0000

In reply to Gasland's Josh Fox will be

Good to know, thanks.

Gasland's Josh Fox will be

Donal — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 01:59:54 +0000

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Gasland's Josh Fox will be the lead guest tomorrow on Democracy Now. http://www.democracynow.org/

Up until your last sentence:

Jamie Friedland — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:11:45 +0000

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Up until your last sentence: true. And yet we are still discovering toxic chemicals used in this process in nearby water supplies.

No contaminated water is pumped into any fresh water zone.

I never said it was. It's not being actively pumped into groundwater, it is leaching or migrating there from some part of the process. We have to figure out where and fix that.

And it would also be nice to know exactly what chemicals we're looking for/trying to protecto ourselves from.

No contaminated water is pumped into any fresh water zone.

The oil producing zones are

T-Daddy — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:58:43 +0000

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The oil producing zones are thousands of feet below the fresh water zones. Production from the wells flow through steel casing, usually protected by 2 or 3 different strings of pipe. Periodic testing of these strings are required to discover any leak. The disposal of produced water is also strictly regulated. No contaminated water is pumped into any fresh water zone.

good post, jamie. good to

anna am — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:05:48 +0000

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good post, jamie. good to see you here.

Thanks, Atheist. That's

Jamie Friedland — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:04:12 +0000

In reply to I really enjoyed this, Jamie.

Thanks, Atheist. That's pretty much what I was going for, so it's good to hear. Hope this was helpful.

I really enjoyed this, Jamie.

Atheist — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:39:54 +0000

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I really enjoyed this, Jamie. I found it easy to read and very well written. I like how you presented multiple sides of the issue and remained mostly neutral. That is, although you state a clear opinion on the matter, you present your facts in a neutral manner. Very nicely done.