Marcellus Shale Opponents Push Drilling Ban in Ohio

v.voter & nosemark, you sound clueless; been watching Michael Moore videos? I own 60 acres in Pennsylvania that is pretty much scrub wasteland; has a value of $25,000. Old abandoned strip mined land. I just contracted it for a period of five years for a lump initial payment of $255,000 and a percentage of the profits. You really think I made a mistake?? Gee, maybe I should have declined that payment and not taken the deal; left it as worthless strip mined land and we can all keep buying from the middle east. ps. there's many attorneys who handle these cases; no smooth-talking city slicker is gonna sucker grandma out of her money. The fees are pretty much a set amount per acre and the EPA has plenty of regulations keeping the well sites clean. v.voter & nosemark are welcome to drop by if they need a job too (each well head has over 30 workers).

The gold rush mentality leads to long lasting environmental consequences, history shows that again and again, plus it leads to good people getting suckered by smooth talking landmen signing leases full of caveats and loopholes in favor of the company. Don't get blinded by images of money, be careful, consider that the horizontal wells make a huge footprint compared to the vertical wells we traditionally see around here. Your land will never be the same. Long after the money is spent you will be living in a drastically altered, and possibly polluted, landscape. Go see a Marcellus or Utica Shale drill site before signing a lease.

Before you start criticizing and think you are sitting on a "goldmine" all of those families who would be involved in the fracking method, I would advise you to do your homework on exactly what fracking entails and how hazardous it can be to your water supply. Watch the documentary GASLAND!!!!

We are sitting on a goldmine. Thanks to the EPA we're gonna starve but our dirt will be pure. Isn't it time that we sent these dorks to Siberia?