tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post1887151384924135868..comments2023-07-18T03:44:33.021-07:00Comments on The Bit Maelstrom: Gas-s-s-s-s-Landblakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-23618480161510752592010-06-01T08:38:32.018-07:002010-06-01T08:38:32.018-07:00Well, of course, this isn't just methane. Ther...Well, of course, this isn't <i>just</i> methane. There's a lot of talk about the zillions of chemicals used in the process. <br /><br />Ultimately, you can't say anything about this other than "bad things are happening to some people associated with fracking". <br /><br />No sense of proportion, cause-and-effect, or what. Toward the end of the movie, they point out that Houston is <i>peppered</i> with these wells.<br /><br />People don't seem to be dropping dead from it there. It's more done as an "isn't this ominous" sort-of thing, but had the reverse effect on me.<br /><br />That happens a lot with me and documentaries. I came out of <i>Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room</i> feeling bad for Ken Lay.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-1878578468003083062010-05-31T23:53:56.763-07:002010-05-31T23:53:56.763-07:00Natural gas (methane) is odorless. Cow farts cont...Natural gas (methane) is odorless. Cow farts contain methane, but that isn't what makes them smell. Domestic gas has smelly additives so you know when there's a leak.Ralph Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915708905660273961noreply@blogger.com