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Originally Posted by awareness
That's too bad. So you can't heat your house by burning the water from your faucets?
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Years ago a guy with well water came home from work, hit the light switch, and his entire house blew up. Authorities concluded that a faucet was left running all day and the well was pumped dry, allowing odorless gas to fill the house.
That's the difference with fracking. Normal natural gas wells would go down to depths comparable to water wells. The house was supposed to be protected from gas infiltration. Fracking, however, goes much deeper, with casings protecting shallower depths.
Or so they hope!
The key is safety via inspections. Once they cut corners to save money (Deepwater Horizon) or get drunk on the job (Exxon Valdez), we are in serious trouble. But not any worse than Obama/Warren Buffett's plans to transport Balkan Crude on rails thru big cities.