tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654813078764388005.post8136573203006303774..comments2023-06-07T10:41:20.112-04:00Comments on Dick Farrell: Election coverage should have been yesterday's newsDick Farrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09689470096385000932noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654813078764388005.post-28087946048190507992011-10-19T22:14:51.602-04:002011-10-19T22:14:51.602-04:00Kyle responds state that the cost of drilling is n...Kyle responds state that the cost of drilling is noise, ugly drilling rigs, and pollution. I'm sure aesthetic and environmental issues will need to be addressed. Clearly local state, county, and township roads are going to suffer from very heavy trucks hauling water and drilling materials to well sites. Our bucolic life in and around southeast Ohio is going to change...and maybe not for the better...unless you one of the hundreds or perhaps thousands of property owners who'll receive fortunes to be gained from leases and royalties. Hundreds of others will see new business opportunities that would never have existed without the gas and oil boom. The drilling boom in South Dakota has dropped that state's unemployment rate to 3%. Kyle is also correct that the gas produced from these wells may go elsewhere. That's because we've way slow in converting coal fired electric plants to natural gas. We've pursued hugely expensive electric cars instead of exploiting proven technology to power vehicles with natural gas. If we could switch cars from gasoline and generate electricity with natural gas...then we could use the gas right here.<br /><br />MelvinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654813078764388005.post-59019161532356737922011-10-16T21:50:01.412-04:002011-10-16T21:50:01.412-04:00This pretty well expresses my feelings about thing...This pretty well expresses my feelings about things...<br />The Greatest Generation survived the Depression and won World War II. They also rebuilt Europe and began a successful Cold War versus the Soviet Union.<br />All of this was possible because these brave American men and women thought of themselves "last."<br />They were like all Americans before them: humble, religious and thankful for what they had.<br />Too many people today are rude, arrogant, anti-religious and greedy for what they don’t have.<br />To these members of the Selfish Generation, everything is seen through their own life, their own wants and desires. No one else matters. "I am first" is their mantra.<br />If our nation is to again serve as a "Shining City on a Hill" for the entire world to emulate, this Cult of Self must change.<br />We all need to dedicate ourselves to thinking of our country and others first – and ourselves last. <br />Melvin notes...good luck with the "ourselves last" thing.<br /><br />Melvin<br /><br />Link to the above statement: http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/6/20/70606.shtmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654813078764388005.post-46279609925396428992011-10-16T21:48:08.714-04:002011-10-16T21:48:08.714-04:00Almost daily we read a printed rant or web site co...Almost daily we read a printed rant or web site comment that "everybody is suffering" and "nobody can afford..." Of late we've read those statements in any local school levy debate...pick your district. I'll concede that a family that has truly suffered from an employment issue has a basis for making that claim, at least for that household. But when I read this morning that millions of people are lined up to pay hundreds of dollars for the new I-phone...the true picture emerges. I see a picture of a country with almost unlimited discretionary income and a willingness to indulge personal whims for any and every material desire they have. How many people walking around with a $400 smart phone and a $90 a month phone contract also claim they can't afford $20 a month to provide a proper school for their children? Perhaps if you consider they're also in a mortgage for a house they can't afford, maxed out on a wallet full of credit cards, and addicted to their eating out habit...perhaps they can't afford another $20/month. Maybe we should cut the superintendent's salary in half and they wouldn't need that tax levy. And don't get me started on those over-paid, double-dipping leeches working part-time teacher jobs.<br /><br />MelvinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654813078764388005.post-6300407069818800152011-10-15T18:57:24.313-04:002011-10-15T18:57:24.313-04:00Melvin is correct....hydraulic fracturing is not n...Melvin is correct....hydraulic fracturing is not new...but horizontal drilling is new...and dangerous. He neglects to mention the air pollution, noise pollution and the infrastructure required to sustain the practice. He also neglects to mention that much of the natural gas found in the shale beneath Tuscarawas County will be sold overseas...slick water horizontal drilling will not assist the US in gaining energy independence.kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16264799981928997601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654813078764388005.post-43486880354162333012011-10-15T07:51:28.850-04:002011-10-15T07:51:28.850-04:00Fracking has been done in these parts for 40 years...Fracking has been done in these parts for 40 years I'm told. You would think that the same EPA bureaucrats who would block construction of a flood control dam to protect some rare snails would be all over a drilling procedure that is sure to ruin our water wells. Could it be the people frantic over perceived fracking risks are really frustrated that this unexpected bonanza of a fossil fuel source could derail America's transition to green' energy? No wait, the green energy "industry" has come unglued by the federal subsidies that propped it up. Unless America exploits its own energy sources aggressively we'll remain dependent on energy imported from countries that have few environmental safeguards on oil drilling, pipelines, shipping and refining. Besides, the billions of billions of dollars these deep wells will produce for drillers, energy companies, and SE Ohio property owners will not be denied, even by rare snails.<br /><br />MelvinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com