Tyrannustyrannus Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 So, Pegula made his Billions by being a pioneer in Hydraulic Fracturing, a pretty awful way to get Natural Gas from the earth with huge environmental Impacts. Lets hope he puts that money to good use for a good cause! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 I believe New York wants to ban the practice. Some rightie types think it's government sticking its nose in people's lives. Those people probably haven't had poisoned flammable water come out of their faucets. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluca67 Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 So, Pegula made his Billions by being a pioneer in Hydraulic Fracturing, a pretty awful way to get Natural Gas from the earth with huge environmental Impacts. Lets hope he puts that money to good use for a good cause! Is this really a issue? You would think the uproar would have started before he made $3 billion. This sounds like the story in Pale Rider. Where Christopher Penn was using hydro cannons to mine gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling Archer Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 This sounds like a bunch of hippy leftist crying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 This sounds like a bunch of hippy leftist crying. Doesn't mean it isn't true, though. And as a hippie leftist, as long as he brings us a couple of Stanley Cups, he can Frack the Frack off to his hearts content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patty16 Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 This sounds like a bunch of hippy leftist crying. The same type of whining that brought a 40hr work week, womens rights, an end to slavery, civil rights, etc etc. Commies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannustyrannus Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 This sounds like a bunch of hippy leftist crying. until someone drills horizontally and hydro-fracks under your property and your house falls into a sinkhole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADMOFO518 Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 why is this even a thread? i thought this was a buffalo sabres sports board, not a political board... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 why is this even a thread? i thought this was a buffalo sabres sports board, not a political board... The potential new owner made his billions by extracting natural gas from the earth. He currently has 350,000+ acres of rights to natural gas in the Marcellus Shale, an area bordered by Penn State and HSBC arena. Fracking is the potentially harmful method of extracting that gas from the shale. It could appear that the donation to Penn State and the possible purchase of the Sabres is merely a charm offensive so that residents in this area go easier on restrictions to his company in the future. My take, as a hippie leftist (albeit one who realizes that people need gas and jobs), they are going to frack to get the gas eventually. That is a given. At least he made the effort to give something to the people first. And if we get a couple of Stanley Cups out of it, all the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 You want inexpensive natural gas? Then you had better get used to more extreme methods of tapping the sources. Same with oil. If you really want to make a statement about fracking then change the energy source you use in your home. As long as you are among the many that demand low cost natrual gas and oil, *you* are drving the demand for production techniques like fracking. Just sayin'... IMO fracking techniques have there place. It may not be appropriate for every locale but if we want to continue to pay relatively low prices for heating fuel we are going to have to accept some level of consequence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 The potential new owner made his billions by extracting natural gas from the earth. He currently has 350,000+ acres of rights to natural gas in the Marcellus Shale, an area bordered by Penn State and HSBC arena. Fracking is the potentially harmful method of extracting that gas from the shale. It could appear that the donation to Penn State and the possible purchase of the Sabres is merely a charm offensive so that residents in this area go easier on restrictions to his company in the future. My take, as a hippie leftist (albeit one who realizes that people need gas and jobs), they are going to frack to get the gas eventually. That is a given. At least he made the effort to give something to the people first. And if we get a couple of Stanley Cups out of it, all the better. Yes. I also believe he and his wife started that country music studio to infiltrate the peoples' minds with lots of songs with pro-fracking references. This man is truly diabolical and must be stopped. But we must go slowly here, investigate the right way. I say the hearings should start in, oh, 2029. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Yes. I also believe he and his wife started that country music studio to infiltrate the peoples' minds with lots of songs with pro-fracking references. This man is truly diabolical and must be stopped. But we must go slowly here, investigate the right way. I say the hearings should start in, oh, 2029. There could be no other explanation for the existence of country music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 There could be no other explanation for the existence of country music. And they're into representing NFL players too. One of these Sundays their players will unleash their "fracking" touchdown celebration. The whole nation will be doing it. You lie in the end zone, face down, and hump the good Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelo Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 there are no good billionaires. you don't get that kind of money without doing something bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Yeah, Bill Gates sucks. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Yeah, Bill Gates sucks. :blink: Windows is a rip-off of the Mac OS, so yeah, it's dirty money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Windows is a rip-off of the Mac OS, so yeah, it's dirty money. So then Steve Jobs sucks. :nana: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Windows is a rip-off of the Mac OS, so yeah, it's dirty money. Actually, Mac OS is just a discarded Xerox OS. What did Miles Davis say? "Good musicians borrow, Great musicians steal." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannustyrannus Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 I'm not saying he's good or bad, I'm just pointing out where he made his money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two or less Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 I'm not saying he's good or bad, I'm just pointing out where he made his money. I would guess many billionaires got to where they are now because of a lot of shady activities and sketchy business practices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluca67 Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 I'm not saying he's good or bad, I'm just pointing out where he made his money. Have you stooped using natural gas in your home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Have you stooped using natural gas in your home? A lot of the homes in the rural areas that they are getting the natural gas from don't even use it - they use fuel oil to heat their homes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 I would guess many billionaires got to where they are now because of a lot of shady activities and sketchy business practices. Right. Almost none of them have come up with unique products that consumers wanted or innovative methods of bringing a product to market. :rolleyes: :blink: :wallbash: Jealousy will get you nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelo Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 I would guess many billionaires got to where they are now because of a lot of shady activities and sketchy business practices. Like T. Boone Pickens. Who says oil and water don't mix? http://washingtonexaminer.com/node/207036 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheChimp Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 I believe New York wants to ban the practice. Some rightie types think it's government sticking its nose in people's lives. Those people probably haven't had poisoned flammable water come out of their faucets. PTR No, they have, but Rush and Beck have them convinced that it was put there by black people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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