Questions for Further Discussion

38. John Hanger, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection describes the natural gas drilling and e traction as a !trade"off#. E plain $hat the trade"off is. Do you believe this is a good trade% &atural gas is often described as a !transition fuel# and a cleaner" burning fossil fuel. E plain ho$ these claims are incomplete. 'iven $hat you learned from this movie, is natural gas a fuel that $e should e plore and e tract more of% &o it isn(t a good tradeoff because it still $ill harm people even if they don(t pay for the energy. )t(s unfair to the people that they are doing this process $ithout really telling them all the effects this process can have on them. So no $e shouldn(t e plore more natural gas because the more gas the more pollutants and ha*ardous effects it(ll have on organisms. 3+. ,he -racturing .esponsibility and /$areness of 0hemicals 1-./02 /ct proposes to include hydraulic fracturing as an activity regulated under the Safe Drin3ing 4ater /ct. ,his la$ $ould re5uire the industry to disclose all chemicals used in frac3ing. Do you thin3 this la$ is fair and 6ustified% 4hy might the gas drilling companies oppose this la$% E plain your ans$er. 7es because if you(re using fluids that contaminant people the people have the right to 3no$. ,hey oppose this la$ because it could be e pensive and the companies believe it needs to be done because $e rely too much on fossil fuels.

,he $ater that is contaminated could flo$ do$n the river, li3e the rivers that flo$ east could flo$ east.

89. ,he 0olorado :il and 'as 0onservation 0ommission has released a statement e plaining several inaccuracies it feels that the documentary portrays. ,he statement is available here; http;<<cogcc.state.co.us<library<'/S=/&D>?@D:0.pdf Ariefly describe their statement on the follo$ing; ,he 4eld 0ounty 4ells; ,he supply of $ater Bi3e mar3ham, .enee Bc0lure, and /imee Ells$orth $as said to be contaminated due to frac3ing, biogenic gas to be more e act. ,his gas $as created from the process of frac3ing, but on this $ebsite it claims the gas did not come from frac3ing. ,he 4est Divide 0ree3 Seeps; 'aslands stated that the 4est Divide 0ree3 Seeps $ere caused by frac3ing, but after the investigation it claimed the gas traveling up $as not properly cemented. )n conclusion the gas $as said to be thermogenic. 8?. )f you o$ned a large parcel of land in the shale area, and $ere offered several thousand dollars per acre to lease the land for gas drilling, $ould you ta3e the money% E plain your decision. &o ) $ould not ta3e the money. ) don(t care ho$ much money it may be ) refuse to support frac3ing. )t(s harmful to the environment and people. )(m tired of companies getting $hat they $ant by paying people for it and later if it creates problems it is not their problem. ,hat is not human and something ) $on(t support. Response: ,his documentary $as filmed by Josh -o $ho traveled around Eastern Cnited States to find out $hat are the effects of frac3ing. His curiosity $as stirred up after being offered money to load his property to a frac3ing company. )n his 6ourney he met many people affected by frac3ing $ho no$ are living in fear and anger because nothing is being done about the effects of frac3ing. -rac3ing companies continue to tell them they are safe $hen in reality they are facing some life threatening effects from frac3ing. Br. -o created this documentary to educate people li3e you and me about the effects of frac3ing and ho$ dangerous it is to human health. )t(s scary to 3no$ ho$ this is going on and the frac3ing companies could care less, they pretend to care, but in reality they are laughing as they count their stac3s of money.