Drill rig

[tbob]

We have some of these still operating in the local area, nowhere near as many as before the drop in natural gas prices four or five years ago. I suspect from the length of time this one has been on same site (three months) that it is conducting multiple fracking holes.

Fracking is controversial, no one knows what chemicals are exactly being used and long term consequences are largely unknown. The local community is divided, however running a business in town I keep my opinions to myself.

[george013]

We have some of these still operating in the local area, nowhere near as many as before the drop in natural gas prices four or five years ago. I suspect from the length of time this one has been on same site (three months) that it is conducting multiple fracking holes.

Fracking is controversial, no one knows what chemicals are exactly being used and long term consequences are largely unknown. The local community is divided, however running a business in town I keep my opinions to myself.

I suppose you mean shale gas.

Winning just natural gas can be dangerous to. Holland is a typical gasland with huge fields. Winning gas since the sixties. Now the ground is moving, earthquakes. Never has been before.

George

[tbob]

Difficult not to have side effects when you remove things from underground and/or crack the subsurface rock and inject sand into the cracks. Then there are the unknown chemicals used to create the cracks and keep them open.

[lovelife65]

...and the amount of water used is not so nice

[Tronhard]

Beans... that is a vast hidden source of gas that has yet to be tapped! Certainly in my area I am aware that there is a significant amount of surplus gas not long after the consumption of these legumes. If we could find a way of capturing that we could cut out a lot of drilling.

Actually... almost 50% of NZ greenhouse gases (particularly methane) come from our agricultural industry. Scientists are trying to find feeds to reduce that, and as I recall they were working on a food based on a kind of red seaweed.

[tbob]

Beans... that is a vast hidden source of gas that has yet to be tapped! Certainly in my area I am aware that there is a significant amount of surplus gas not long after the consumption of these legumes. If we could find a way of capturing that we could cut out a lot of drilling. .

Collection should not be much of an issue if we can convince people of the high fashion aspects of latex trousers sealed at the waist and legs. Not so sure about processing and distribution. Maybe at home use to run a hot water heater?

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[JBW]

Collection should not be much of an issue if we can convince people of the high fashion aspects of latex trousers sealed at the waist and legs. Not so sure about processing and distribution. Maybe at home use to run a hot water heater?

Don't know about beans but near to us is an orphanage where the nuns raise pigs and collect the manure. As it matures they collect the gas and use it for cooking and lighting.

[Tronhard]

Good on those nuns I say! Using waste gases for energy is great on a couple of fronts.

[george013]

Good on those nuns I say! Using waste gases for energy is great on a couple of fronts.

A lot of pollution is methaan produced by cattle on big farms. There're several ways to use that. Small size like Brians example, but also big sized https://www.host.nl/en/2015/06/29/fa...ural-gas-grid/. Gas is delivered to the existing gas network and so making use of an existing infrastructure.

George