Unfettered by Regulation
It’s a driller’s dream, little regulation or enforcement, vast amounts of fossil fuel to be exploited. The Patagonia region of Argentina is a land of opportunity. What could possibly go wrong?
Wells to Store Surplus Solar Energy
Geothermal, and high pressure undeground storage of water are two experimental techniques being studied for short-term storage of wind and solar energy. Since both sources are intermittent, the generation capacity is often not available when needed. Batteries are not the only solution, “hot rock” and subterranean pressurized caverns present alternatives. It remains to be seen
Fracking in Western PA Up
Quakes
About Those “Good Paying Jobs”
If you think that job creation justifies the pollution and aggravation of the climate crisis, do your homework. You are being conned.
Tipping Points – Yes, that’s plural.
The Methane vicious cycle is not the only point of no return. If you like fracking or any other activity that makes fossil fuel cheap and available, think again. How close to the abyss are you willing to dance?
Magical Thinking
“No Public Health Risks” says CNX Resources. Why does this remind me of the infamous cigarette ads with claims like “Not a cough in a carload?”
Offers You Can’t Refuse? (Not in a good way)
“Land Men” seek to get the rights to frack by signing land owners up. It seems like easy money, but the deal’s fine print and the process’s environmental effects can be devastating to locals.
Lest We Be Complacent
As I’ve observed many times, nothing good comes to locals from fracking. Keep it in the ground. Make energy profiteers pay for the damage.
Vicious Cycle
One possible consequence of methane release is a persistent blanket of it that accelerates global warming and grows worse as methane trapped in permafrost and ice is released. The sea is already “boiling” with methane off the coast of Russia.