Lots of apologists PRETEND to have a clue about this but it's really just something they made up in their minds to satisfy their irrational need to stay within their fantasy world (and make money).
maybe thay can explain how something that is happening MILES below the water table has anything to do with the water table.
1 - DISPOSAL PONDS are at the SURFACE
2 - FLUIDS MIGRATE UPWARD
3 - AND to get down miles below you GO THRU the level of the WATER TABLE
Maybe they can explain exactly why the pollution is of NO concern without making up BS fantasy crap or quoting some ridiculous oil company
PR BS who had already done the making up BS for them to save them a step.
naw, that's asking too much. They'd have to learn about the process first.
Here's a clue for ya, we've been fracturing deep subsurface rock to release crude oil for nearly a century. Doing the exact same thing but for natural gas is even safer and easier.
Maybe they expalin WHY the companies involved WORKED SO HARD to get an EXEMPTION from SDWA (Safe Drinking Water Act) in 2005????
It is nothing new, it's just something the industrial interests are trying to make SOUND safe to lull people to sleep people with their irrational, untrue BS.
No group I can think of in modern history has been more dishonest or sleazy in ther techniques, than the OIL COMPANIES or has rationalized whatever it takes, their ends justify any means necessary. Well, other than the TOBACCO COMPANIES!
And the ignorant sheeple line up to jump on their bandwagon without doing any research whatsoever. They find it much easier and simpler just to jerk their knees than to actually learn enough about a subject to make an informed judgement. And sammy is one of the worst.
- So, Frack You, sammy.
now 3 points - I don't know if the toxins will last centuries or not.
I'm not sure if they are exempt from the Clean Water Act (CWA). They are exempt from SDWA.
Also, as I noted above, I think there are ways to get the gas out w/o causing a lot of pollution - of course, that will likely cost a little more. Natural gas can be useful as a transitional fuel - about the LAST thing you want to do is to burn coal to make electricity.
What we don't need is a bunch of crazed gibberish, masquerading as information. So settle down, sammy.