Plans to export US natural gas stirs little  debate

“U.S. producers are poised to ship vast quantities of gas overseas as energy companies seek permits for proposed export projects that could set off a renewed frenzy of fracking.

Expanded drilling is unlocking enormous reserves of crude oil and natural gas, offering the potential of moving the country closer to its decades-long quest for energy independence. Yet as the industry looks to profit from foreign markets, there is the specter of higher prices at home and increased manufacturing costs for products from plastics to fertilizers.

Companies such as Exxon Mobil and Sempra Energy are seeking federal permits for more than 20 export projects that could handle as much as 29 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day.”

The billions of dollars invested by foreign corporations into fracking operations within the United States in January of 2012 ought to have made every citizen in the United States sit up and take notice.  It didn’t.  China’s purchase of Canada’s largest petroleum company in 2012 and the dramatic push for the ongoing development of oil found in tar sands

I cannot believe the way that the American public is swallowing the lies, deceit, and double-speak spewed by the media and our incontrovertibly corrupt elected representatives who are little more than sock puppets for foreign interests.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 signed by then President George Bush exempted hydraulic fracturing operations from the Safe Drinking Water Act, freed drilling companies from the obligation to disclose the chemicals injected into deep shale formations to shatter shale and convey gas back to the well.  Below is a screen capture of the actual document:

The good news for Chinese, French, and multi-national  corporations whose oil extraction efforts utilize fracking is that the EPA has a way for them to circumnavigate the use of diesel fuel in fracking operations:  “Any service company that performs hydraulic fracturing using diesel fuel must receive prior authorization through the applicable UIC program.” – EPA.gov   Which means it is now permissible  to inject diesel fuel into groundwater – as long as the paperwork is filled out before hand.

If a terrorist plot to inject industrial waste into federal park lands, ranches, farms, and watersheds had been discovered one would think that the FBI would be on this in a heartbeat.   It may be that  this is already going on with very little attention (they were released!!) being given to possible terrorists.

What the hell is wrong with our elected officials who are supposed to be acting in the best, long-term interests of our country?  Has approbation been purchased like the companionship of an anonymous partner?   Better yet: why aren’t citizens who are invested in the welfare of this great land picking up the telephone and calling for enforcement of common sense actions?

America’s political activism has flat-lined to coma levels of inactivity. Media-dulled senses, the desire for comfort at any cost, and the effortless embrace of apolitical correctness, has created a nation of perfect patsies.