Thread: Fracking

Originally Posted by AlyssaEimers

WHere my parents live is very close to the NY/PA line. For as strongly as you and others are against it, I know several that are strongly for it. Their town is already a ghost town. Almost all of the industries have left for other States that have cheaper taxes. They are very few jobs left. The only people left are people that have strong ties to the area. They are hoping it will be a way to save the area.

That said, This is the area where I grew up and I would hate to see the beautiful land ruined. I can not settle in my mind what I think should happen.

Really...I used to live along the border, and I grew up 2 hours south, but on the eastern side. Can I ask where along the state line they have?
It is a very beautiful area, and I am sad to think of what has happened, and what will continue to happen to it.

Yes, there are many people that are for it, but as far as I've seen, the only ones that are wanting it are the landowners that will make a ton of money on it. It would be nice to have a windfall of cash, and I don't resent them for it, or for wanting it. But destroying our environment for tens to hundreds of years (god knows what the side effects are of this that we will find out in 30 or 40 years) just isn't worth the cash.


The thing that bothers me THE MOST about the whole fracking craze is that they won't even make the effort, or wait at all to do any testing of any safer methods! So many people just want them to calm down, slow down and just see if there are safer ways, and safer chemicals to use. They just don't want to spend the money or waste the time to see what other options there are that won't kill things, and won't poison anything!

Originally Posted by Potter75

I don't agree with this as a valid reason to ruin our land and our health. I bet millions of people along the gulf coast or up in Alaska don't agree, either I could pepper you with hundreds of stories of people claiming harm to themselves, their livestock, family pets etc etc in areas in my state where they are fracking......but gigantic disasters like the BP spill of the Exxon spill in AK go to show that we simply are NOT all that well situated when it comes to addressing some of the environmental concerns that these types of oil extraction/transportation create.

What I am saying.. isn't that Fracking is good for our health, nor oil spills. What I am saying is that we are better equipped to deal with it than the middle east nations. And to think globally in terms of environmental issues.

Originally Posted by smsturner

Really...I used to live along the border, and I grew up 2 hours south, but on the eastern side. Can I ask where along the state line they have?
It is a very beautiful area, and I am sad to think of what has happened, and what will continue to happen to it.

Erie PA is about 1/2 hour away.

Oh that's a ways from where I was, but still a beautiful spot.
If you ever visit up there, take some time for a bit of a drive to Wellsboro and check out the PA grand canyon. It's breathtaking.

I agree the whole area is very beautiful.