This relates to the previous blog (see below).
While natural gas is a cleaner alternative to petroleum fuels, Exxon Mobil may be harming the environment while getting at it in the following ways:
- They are drilling into a region that consisted mainly of wilderness and ranches. Local folks appreciate that the company is replanting grass and placing cattle guards to protect ranchers livelihood and minimize harm to local fauna, some ranchers worry that "the drilling will pollute the water table and drive out wildlife from the area." - Larry Robinson, a rancher in the Piceance Basin, west of Denver. From The Houston Chronicle.
- What fuels the drills? Many use gasoline, while other are powered off of electricity from coal-powered plants.
- A lot of energy and manpower goes into the drilling. Why not invest in grassoline and other biofuels that are more readily available?
These are some questions that should be answered, but one would assume Exxon Mobil is counting on the amount of natural gas mined will make up for the energy expended.
Here's to hoping that assumption is correct and won't lead to the ass out of you and me thing.
While natural gas is a cleaner alternative to petroleum fuels, Exxon Mobil may be harming the environment while getting at it in the following ways:
- They are drilling into a region that consisted mainly of wilderness and ranches. Local folks appreciate that the company is replanting grass and placing cattle guards to protect ranchers livelihood and minimize harm to local fauna, some ranchers worry that "the drilling will pollute the water table and drive out wildlife from the area." - Larry Robinson, a rancher in the Piceance Basin, west of Denver. From The Houston Chronicle.
- What fuels the drills? Many use gasoline, while other are powered off of electricity from coal-powered plants.
- A lot of energy and manpower goes into the drilling. Why not invest in grassoline and other biofuels that are more readily available?
These are some questions that should be answered, but one would assume Exxon Mobil is counting on the amount of natural gas mined will make up for the energy expended.
Here's to hoping that assumption is correct and won't lead to the ass out of you and me thing.
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