Comments on: What’s this shale gas gig?

By: Lisa G in NZ

Lisa G in NZ — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:18:31 +0000

good post…

ummmm, hey Huub, you should take everything at “HuffPo” with a huge grain of salt… its a leftist, lying and propaganda promoting entity

just some friendly advice

cheers

By: Clarence

Clarence — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:04:43 +0000

Why the hell did the Huffington Post give Conrad Black (or any other writer known to be sane and sound) access to its columns?

I understand it was recently acquired by AOL which wants to become a leading media site. Perhaps they have taken an editorial decision that the world outside academia is worth more to their hoped-for advertisers?

Also, it’s good to see Black bouncing back from his undeserved travails.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:51:21 +0000

This blog provides a bit of information about fracking:

Fracking for Dollars: Myths Debunked

http://www.bartgordon.net/2011/06/26/fracking-dollars-myths-debunked/

By: Richard Treadgold

Richard Treadgold — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 06:28:20 +0000

Coincidentally, the NZCSC had a contribution that addresses your question. I’ve posted it as a separate article.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 06:26:02 +0000

It’s also worth mentioning that “frakking” (i.e fracturing of rock extract oil and gas) is a technique that has been in use in oil drilling as well as shale gas. This has been in use for decades.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:36:32 +0000

Apparently there is quite a bit of interest in shale gas in eastern NZ (Canterbury plains included)

Needless to say, the fearmongers have been busy already

By: Huub Bakker

Huub Bakker — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 03:48:26 +0000

How about New Zealand then? Is anyone looking over here?

Off topic but I was stunned to read Conrad Black’s blog post on the Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/conrad-black/global-warming-science_b_1007166.html

It thought the web server would implode! He gets a pasting in the comments though.