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Natural gas fracking using enormous quantities of water scares the hell out of most home owners that live in an area where this process is used to extract gas out of the Marcellus Shale rock.

Now there is a method being used called Propane Fracking that just might be an acceptable procedure for both parties in this argument. The propane is what is used to expand the gas pockets and it ultimately is reclaimed with the natural gas.

We here at Way To Go Green dot org are very concerned about the environment but we are also willing to learn more about technology and new methods to fill our energy needs and to most importantly keep our land and property values in good order.

Primarily we are concerned with things like safe drinking water, air quality, pollution and having a safe place to raise our families. We have been following with interest some of the controversy regarding hydraulic fracturing for gas well drilling.

With new technology the gas well drillers have perfected methods to go down deep into the Marcellus Shale deposits and then actually turn the drill bit horizontally and create a path through a much larger segment of the shale which exposes more gas to the drill hole.

The normal process of this type of fracking then pumps millions of gallons of water and sand mixture under extremely high pressure which fractures the shale into pockets which the sand then remains in and natural gas then seeps in to for extraction.

The largest fears seem to be that this high pressure water system will upset or destroy the drinking water of home owners. The companies that are in the fracking business tell us that the depths at which the horizontal drilling occurs is way below any drinking water sources and the EPA seems to agree with them.

The various state environmental agencies in which this gas drilling process is used say that there are no known claims of damage to domestic water that can be proven. Well that remains to be seen. All you have to do is to search Google and you will find a lot of discussion to the opposite.

We do want to tell you about a site that explains the Propane Fracking process being used in the Marcellus Shale Region, which just might be an acceptable alternative. Transloading.org is a blog that is sponsored by a transportation company that serves the natural gas drilling industry.

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