tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856275762588405805.post8906925645252604204..comments2022-07-11T05:29:57.141-04:00Comments on NY Shale Gas Now!: Cabot-Williams PA-NY Pipeline Inter-Connect: Two Proposals, Same Job, Media ConfusionAndy Leahyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550560528949162611noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856275762588405805.post-62161436259918967702012-05-22T10:57:21.555-04:002012-05-22T10:57:21.555-04:00I found an article online that summarizes the prop...I found an article online that summarizes the proposal of the $1 Billion dollar pipeline that will go through several states. If you are interested in reading it. Here is the link. http://shalestuff.com/featured/1-billion-pipeline-proposed/DDavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11535593311866474146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856275762588405805.post-35622170254100427622012-02-24T10:03:25.879-05:002012-02-24T10:03:25.879-05:00baf, a couple points upon which you seem to be wil...baf, a couple points upon which you seem to be willfully misled:<br /><br />Foreign investment in North American shale plays is an exercise in making money and advancing know-how -- not in exporting natgas. If foreign interests wanted to pay the significant markup to pressure-freeze some product for export, they could do that directly -- once additional plants are built, which is already underway.<br /><br />If you got a problem with fossil fuels export, take it up with Congress. I remain undecided on this question.<br /><br />Drilling an indigenous gas well will, in fact, help bring current and future soldiers home (and give them jobs) -- once the oil-based North American transportation fleet is much further converted to NGV/LNG/CNG, which is already underway.<br /><br />If you got a problem with that, take it up with urban transit or UPS.<br /><br />We can argue what *should* be done all you like. But we still have a partially free market here in the U.S. And, within its wiggle room, that market is already in the process of driving these changes.<br /><br />Natgas consumers in NY and New England -- the primary end beneficiaries of this PA-NY pipeline interconnect, not Canadians, or other foreigners -- are a key part of driving that market.<br /><br />You got a problem with that, get ahold of a third-party power producer, pay extra for all-renewables electricity, and convert your house to that.<br /><br />I won't even say so much as "boo" to stop you. In fact, I will salute you for being one of the very few environmentally minded people who actually puts *their* money where *their* mouth is. And for leaving the rest of us alone -- and free -- to live our reasonably, rationally, regulated lives.<br /><br />(As for me, I'd rather burn firewood -- but I suppose you'll have a problem with that too!)Andy Leahyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16550560528949162611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856275762588405805.post-1768710705937328962012-02-24T09:10:45.286-05:002012-02-24T09:10:45.286-05:00Shale gas production has nothing to do with "...Shale gas production has nothing to do with "bringing a soldier home" or energy independence. If New York State is foolish enough to put our drinking water and public health at risk, the shale gas we produce will feed a growing export market. American shale gas leases and shale gas reserves have already been sold to Britain, France, Canada, Norway, Japan, India and China. Plans are afoot to build a pipeline to carry natural gas from New York State to Canada, and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Oregon is being converted from an import facility to an export facility. A LNG terminal in Maryland is expected to undergo a similar conversion, and two new export terminals, one in Texas and another in Louisiana, are slated to be completed by 2015.<br />Also, bear in mind that some of the countries that now own American shale gas leases have either suspended or banned shale gas extraction at home because fracking is considered too dangerous. <br />Given all this, it may not be a stretch to say that certain regions of New York State are poised to become energy extraction zones that will be sacrificed to meet the energy needs of foreign countries that are unwilling to jeopardize domestic public health or their own environments.bafnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856275762588405805.post-22642560840122303642012-02-23T12:45:32.354-05:002012-02-23T12:45:32.354-05:00This looks like a virtual pipeline that exists onl...This looks like a virtual pipeline that exists only in the Cabot and Williams' press release. Possibly this is their attempt to game the FERC regulatory process. As you said, FERC is unlikely to permit both projects, so C&W may be attempting to get FERC to force El Paso to accept C&W as partners -- after EL Paso has done all the homework.pCBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15038049120421203169noreply@blogger.com