New York City’s Seismic Carve-Out From Fracking Earthquakes

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NYC has requested a "seismic buffer" around its Catskill water supply - about 7 miles to be precise. To prevent a frack from inducing an earthquake and ruining NYC's water supply. Like fracks have elsewhere - which obey Murphy's Law: "What can go wrong will go wrong at the worst possible time in the worst possible place" Like the NYC main water supply http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/02/us-gas-fracking-idUSTRE7A160020111102 (No fracking liability insurance for this. Even from AIG) … [Read more...] about New York City’s Seismic Carve-Out From Fracking Earthquakes

The Extraordinary Weirdness of Energy In Depth

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Have had some more fun with this grab-bag of misfits that $hill for shale, Energy In Depth http://www.scribd.com/doc/78149419/Energy-in-Depth-Tom-Shepstone Comments on their article about me below: "The Ordinary Opinions of James “Chip” Northrup 2012 March 9 by EID Special Correspondent "Sitting on a porch near the edge of Otsego Lake in Cooperstown, New York sits James “Chip” Northrup, discussing what has become the preeminent issue of upstate New York–hydraulic fracturing. With green tree … [Read more...] about The Extraordinary Weirdness of Energy In Depth

USGS Letter To The DEC - Letting Science Decide Fracking’s Fate in New York

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Politicians are fond of saying “let the science decide” when it comes to fracking. OK. Let’s give that a shot. The scientists at the USGS were the first to debunk the grandiose overestimates of recoverable reserves in the Marcellus. Taking ”400 Tcf Terry” Engelder’s gaseous fantasy down a notch. About an 80% notch. . . Now they have weighed in on the DEC’s proposed guidelines (not regulations) via a letter. The scientists at the USGS are typically even-handed in their analysis. Their … [Read more...] about USGS Letter To The DEC - Letting Science Decide Fracking’s Fate in New York