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Not that there's much of a San Joaquin Valley aquifer left to ruin by fracking, but politics and the sheer cost of trying to do business in California should me
by Bulkington 12y ago
Not that there's much of a San Joaquin Valley aquifer left to ruin by fracking, but politics and the sheer cost of trying to do business in California should mean the Monterrey Shale will be held in reserve. (Personally, I think I'd rather eat California produce than have cheap gas for driving around on foraging expeditions/pantry raids.)
Great piece from Mercury News on SJV water here:
http://www.mercurynews.com/drought/ci_25447586/california-drought-san-joaquin-valley-sinking-farmers-race http://www.mercurynews.com/drought/ci_25447586/california-dr...
Tip of the research iceberg on the obvious:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/groundwater-contamination-may-end-the-gas-fracking-boom/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/groundwater-contam...
- ArkyBeagle 12y agoJust IMO, but the two canonical books for this subject are "Cadillac Desert" and "The Prize". The "gas in the water" stories are significantly contaminated by very bad propaganda. It's possible that they are true - that they are caused by fracking - but it's not likely. The depths are pretty radically different. Pennsylvania in particular is where Drake found oil oozing to the surface, so ... who knows what's down there, close to the surface? I know I am no geologist and even a good geologist may not have good understanding of that region.