Did anyone see the article in paper about the couple from Dresden (I think) made the satirical documentary on hydrofracking. They plan on showing it at a bunch of community centers in the surrounding areas.

http://www.stargazette.com/article/20100724/BUSINESS/7240325/1113/

Here's another side of the story that the tree huggers won't publish.

You fail to realise that bottled water, that food from the grocery store, the electricity from the wall, it all comes from somewhere and we need to protect the plant to ensure we can continue to get these resources.

Hell yea boy! Harley Bob! Better yet why don't I recylce my urine and put it in cans so you and your other good ol' boy buddies can drink it as the watered down "beer" you seem to love so much. And then you can go right to Wally-World AKA Place You Worship And Would Live In If Possible and getcha some them NASCAR t-shirts 90% off.

Pathetic.

Again, money isn't everything. And you say "tree hugger" likes it's a bad thing. What is wrong with caring about the one planet we have?

So, gasguy, I consider this listening to the citizens. I suppose you consider it listening to the activists/trouble makers/radicals, etc?

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NYS Senate Approves Moratorium on Hydrofracking

Source: Finger Lakes News Radio

Late Tuesday night, the State Senate voted 48 to 9 for a temporary moratorium on using hydrofracking to get natural gas deposits from the Marcellus Shale and other formations.

The Assembly will then vote on the bill later this year, probably next month. The moratorium would be in effect until May of next year.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is currently putting together new regulations concerning hydrofracking, which uses huge amounts of water, sand and chemicals to blast open small fizzures in tight bedrock thousands of feet below ground.

Voting yes on the fracking moratorium were the two Senators who represent Cayuga County, Republican Michael Nozzolio and Democrat David Valesky.

Among those voting no on the moratorium were two Southern Tier legislators, Tom Libous of Binghamton and George Winner of Elmira. Both represent areas where many landowners are anxious to cash in on mineral rights and natural gas royalties.

I can guarantee you are on the minority side as usual.

Really? The New York state senate voted for it 48-9. Sounds like a majority to me!

People want jobs and lower taxes, and then they cry and despair once their entire environment has been defiled and everyone in their community is getting cancer. How much is your well being worth? Your children's and grand-children's well-being?

New York's Department of Environmental Conservation has been busy stamping permits for drilling. But the DEC might be moving the process along too quickly: Instead of studying the environmental impacts of each individual well (which is typically needed under State law) the DEC has opted to hastily get through this process by only gauging the collective impact of the hydraulic fracturing process. Such generic evaluations are similar to the type of loose regulation used in deep water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

We just returned from the area in Pennsylvania,..... "where hydrofracking has been taking place in the Marcellus Shale, wells have been ruined, tainted with salt, benzene, and other toxic and volatile chemicals. There is evidence that these compounds have also entered into nearby streams, not only affecting fish, but nearby farms that use this water for irrigation.

The problems with hydrofracking in have been outlined in the documentary Gasland, which is currently playing on the premium cable network HBO. The most famous segment of the film shows a resident near a hydrofracking well setting his methane-infused tap water on fire in his kitchen."

http://www.thealbanyproject.com/diary/8558/hydrofracking-endangers-the-lower-hudson-valley

OK gasguy AKA Guy Who Works In Hydrofracking Or Will Somehow Benefit From It Or Is Delusional Enough To Believe He Will, why don't you go live right next to the fracking site if you love it so much dipshit, just don't cry when your water is polluted and you get cancer.