In 2011, Fracking Was #2 In Causing Greenhouse Gas In US 210
eldavojohn writes "According to Bloomberg, drilling and fracking results in greenhouse gases second only to coal power plants in the United States. From the article, 'Emissions from drilling, including fracking, and leaks from transmission pipes totaled 225 million metric tons of carbon-dioxide equivalents during 2011, second only to power plants, which emitted about 10 times that amount.' According to Mother Jones, we now have more giant methane fireballs than any other country in the world and we can now see once dim North Dakota at night from space."
Why do we still flare ? (Score:2, Insightful)
Why not use that energy to do something useful with it ? Apparently energy is still too cheap if we can afford that.
Good grief. (Score:5, Insightful)
Slashdot has become entirely too political. This isn't even close to being accurate and with all the shots the site takes at Fox News and such you'd think there'd be some pot calling ketlte black type self-awareness when throwing this sort of thing out there...
I'll miss the true technical stuff, but time to yank the site out of the ol RSS reader and find something better.
Re:Misleading Post and 2nd Article (Score:2, Insightful)
Where are all the comments that Bloomberg and Mother Jones have no credibility anymore?
In any case, our schools are doing a great job making sure the next generation will have already decided that fracking is bad. It's a lot easier to debate and convice 4th graders.
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130113/NEWS/301130319 [recordonline.com]
Re:Left out the important qualifier... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Left out the important qualifier... (Score:4, Insightful)