Comments on: Approval Soon??? https://nofrackingbucks.net/2015/07/approval-soon/ B-CAUSE (Bucks Concerned About Unsafe Shale-gas Extraction) Thu, 16 Jul 2015 22:49:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: rbshreve2 https://nofrackingbucks.net/2015/07/approval-soon/#comment-8 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 02:42:17 +0000 https://nofrackingbucks.net/?p=257#comment-8 Tonight (Wednesday 7/8) the Newtown Township Supervisors said the attorney was overly optimistic abou how soon anything might get done by the zoning jointure. They also affirmed that they are all opposed to fracking in the three townships. The Courier-Times has an article: http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/local/newtown-township-supervisors-try-to-calm-fracking-fears/article_513ed1e6-c5d1-5d4c-9905-4e0c63bd15b9.html (copy and paste the foregoing into your browser address window, or check the links section.

]]> By: rbshreve2 https://nofrackingbucks.net/2015/07/approval-soon/#comment-7 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:43:54 +0000 https://nofrackingbucks.net/?p=257#comment-7 Does anyone know how long well casings last? They are made of mild steel according to PetroWikki, and I presume that they rust especially when bathed in corrosive vapors. I know that drillers are required to pump cement down the casing so that it flows out the bottom and up along the outside of the casing to seal it into the bore hole. But clearly that doesn’t work in 6 or more percent of the wells because they leak.

My concern: These things are there forever. How long will it be until methane and other nasty stuff can find its way to the aquifer? 20 years? 100 years? I sure hope our communities are here much longer. I don’t like the 1 in 20 odds that can only worsen over time.

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