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To: Nicholas Thompson who wrote (77073)	6/2/2010 11:12:53 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Respond to of 149317

and doesn't it require large useage of water in areas that can't afford the use of water for it?

To: Nicholas Thompson who wrote (77073)	6/2/2010 11:21:05 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

Sounds good but to get the gas out the shale rock has to be fracked ,or broken under pressure. There may be adverse consequences from large scale fracking like poisoning groundwater. Don't count on this Marcellus shale too much yet. I wasn't really counting on it. What I was saying is that some people have been saying for the past couple of years that NG can help us get off oil; that we need to take advantage of that asset and convert cars to NG usage. Then today I read that we don't produce enough NG to meet current demands and must import it. So, if we don't produce enough to meet our needs and must import it, then why are we talking converting to cars that run on NG? Aren't we simply exchsnging one short term addiction for another? This country needs to get its facts in order so we can formulate a plan that will take us from oil addiction to some point in the future when we are not dependent. And then move forward with that plan.