EIN News says, "Drilling Ordeals Said to Delay Geothermal Project. The Obama administration's first major test of geothermal energy as a significant alternative to fossil fuels has fallen seriously behind schedule, several federal scientists said this week, even as the project is under review because of the earthquakes it could generate in Northern California. (nytimes.com)".
More fear mongering without basis of fact. Drilling for oil in California took place many years ago. Has anybody been able to connect whether California has had more or fewer earthquakes because of that?
There are also other places to drill for geothermal energy.
I suspect that government is not concerned with the unrealistic fears of increasing California quakes, but are acceding to a general desire of environmental groups. The Obama Administration does not appear to be concerned with votes of individuals. Rather they have accepted a supposition that voting blocs, such as unions and similar groups, will control votes of the individual members. That may have been true in the past, but I think that is changing. Recent town hall meetings are an indication.
About Me
- Arthur
- I am a Ph.D. chemist from Cornell University. I was raised on Long Island, NY, and entered the wonderful world of chemistry at Central High School. I later graduated from Grove city College with a BS in Chemistry and Metallurgy and started graduate work at Cornell University. This was interrupted by the World War II effort, during which I was assigned to the Special Engineering Detachment at Oak Ridge Tennessee which was part of the secret Manhattan Project to develop an atomic bomb. After the war, I completed my graduate work at Cornell and began employment with the Rohm & Haas Company of Philadelphia in their Development Laboratory. Subsequent assignments were Field Sales, Sales Manager of the Italian subsidiary, International Marketing Manager, and Technology Transfer Manager. After retirement, I moved to Lubbock, TX, where I became involved in volunteer work at the Grammar School Level in Reading and High School and University Chemistry Laboratories. I am presently Emeritus Director of Environmental Compliance at Lubbock Christian University.
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