Wow... From ANGA... 'The Truth About Gasland'

[WillyT]

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Natural gas is a clean, abundant and domestic energy source that holds vast potential to promote cleaner air, grow local economies and enhance energy security in the United States and, increasingly, around the world. The natural gas community is committed to the safe and responsible development of this energy source, and we welcome questions about the film Gasland because it gives us the opportunity to set the record straight in a fact-based way.

In the film's signature moment Mike Markham, a landowner, ignites his tap water. The film leaves the viewer with the false impression that the flaming tap water is a result of natural gas drilling. However, according to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which tested Markham's water in 2008, there were "no indications of oil & gas related impacts to water well." Instead the investigation found that the methane was "biogenic" in nature, meaning it was naturally occurring and that his water well was drilled into a natural gas pocket.

This is one of several examples where the film veers from the facts. A second depiction of a flaming faucet in the home of Renee McClure also misleads viewers about the connection between natural gas development and methane in water wells. McClure's well was sampled by the state of Colorado and it, too, showed only naturally occurring methane.

The film's claims are so egregious that the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission was compelled to set the record straight. The COGCC information sheet corrects the film's misleading depictions and addresses false allegations of methane migration in Weld County.

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More: http://www.anga.us/truthaboutgasland

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[markpkessinger]

1. As I recall from the film...

... Mr. Markham's family had lived on the property, and had drunk from that well, for decades, and had never had a problem until the wells went in. I think the film even mentions the Colorado Oil and Gas Commissions official findings. But let's be honest here:
The COGC is not exactly an objective observer to this dispute, now is it? I'm sorry, I'm not buying.

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. Riiiiiiight. And they expect people not to believe what they saw with their own eyes. CORPORATIONS

LIE. We know that already. They lie to rape our resources and destroy our environment to line their pockets with even more billions of dollars. Ask Erin Brockovich.

We already know the truth, anga. :grr:

[ArcticFox]

3. "Naturally occurring methane"?

So, are they trying to say that when they drill a well, they're actually synthesizing methane down there?