Comments on: We are all energy consumers http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/02/25/we-are-all-energy-consumers/ Grand Junction, Colorado's community Web site, discussions, forums, message boards, wiki and more. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:36:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: janetandkent http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/02/25/we-are-all-energy-consumers/#comment-94 janetandkent Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:22:42 +0000 http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/02/25/we-are-all-energy-consumers/#comment-94 John B, please refer to the specific regulations that you think are being disregarded. Since the oil and gas industries are already heavily regulated and spend millions of dollars per year on restoring/preserving the environment, I am curious as to which regulations are not being followed. I am especially looking forward to the facts you have about the "energy extraction industries have a history in Colorado of pushing what rules...... " Exactly where did this happen, when, and what rules were "pushed to the limit"? I would like to hear of all the examples since you say there is a history of this, but FACTS only, not your opinion. Please include the exact regulation(s) so that I can look it(them) up. Also I would like to see how home owners who build 5000 sq foot+ houses in the wooded areas around our Colorado ski areas and tourist towns (thereby destroying habitat and ruining wildlife areas)restore that area when they move - can you let me know please? Again, please refer to the exact regulation so I can look that up. How about those ski areas also? Are they regulated enough or should we just shut them down and restore those areas? Thanks - I am sure you have these facts right at hand so I will stay on and wait. John B, please refer to the specific regulations that you think are being disregarded. Since the oil and gas industries are already heavily regulated and spend millions of dollars per year on restoring/preserving the environment, I am curious as to which regulations are not being followed. I am especially looking forward to the facts you have about the “energy extraction industries have a history in Colorado of pushing what rules…… ” Exactly where did this happen, when, and what rules were “pushed to the limit”? I would like to hear of all the examples since you say there is a history of this, but FACTS only, not your opinion. Please include the exact regulation(s) so that I can look it(them) up.

Also I would like to see how home owners who build 5000 sq foot+ houses in the wooded areas around our Colorado ski areas and tourist towns (thereby destroying habitat and ruining wildlife areas)restore that area when they move - can you let me know please? Again, please refer to the exact regulation so I can look that up. How about those ski areas also? Are they regulated enough or should we just shut them down and restore those areas?

Thanks - I am sure you have these facts right at hand so I will stay on and wait.

]]> By: Willis Leon Johnson http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/02/25/we-are-all-energy-consumers/#comment-61 Willis Leon Johnson Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:22:31 +0000 http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/02/25/we-are-all-energy-consumers/#comment-61 Sure, It'll help soften the irrational blather we'll probably have to listen to....(Bad me, I made another assumption...) Sure, It’ll help soften the irrational blather we’ll probably have to listen to….(Bad me, I made another assumption…)

]]> By: Oliver http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/02/25/we-are-all-energy-consumers/#comment-59 Oliver Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:22:51 +0000 http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/02/25/we-are-all-energy-consumers/#comment-59 Can I bring the beer? Can I bring the beer?

]]> By: Willis Leon Johnson http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/02/25/we-are-all-energy-consumers/#comment-53 Willis Leon Johnson Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:13:59 +0000 http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/02/25/we-are-all-energy-consumers/#comment-53 Obviously John B and I need to take a few days and drive around in areas that have been drilled over 30 years ago so he can show me the environmental destruction. But that won't happen because John B can't afford to have his fantasies destroyed by facts. It's a terrible thing to live in a fantasy world when you are surrounded by reality, is it not? Obviously John B and I need to take a few days and drive around in areas that have been drilled over 30 years ago so he can show me the environmental destruction.

But that won’t happen because John B can’t afford to have his fantasies destroyed by facts.

It’s a terrible thing to live in a fantasy world when you are surrounded by reality, is it not?

]]> By: John B. http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/02/25/we-are-all-energy-consumers/#comment-52 John B. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:18:38 +0000 http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/02/25/we-are-all-energy-consumers/#comment-52 I know nobody who is against the enrgy companies, per se. The people I talk to know that the gas is there and it is needed. What is not needed is degradation of the land and water sheds, the air we breathe and unresonable intrusion of homes with drilling too close to houses. The energy extraction industries have a history in Colorado of pushing what rules there are to the limit, and over, and leaving a mess behind that citizens have to clean up. The industry will be here as long as there is gas to be found and there will be jobs. What has to happen is some tighter regulations with substantial penalties for not observing the rules. That will not kill the industry or jobs in the area but it will help to reclaim the land and public infrastructure after the drillers have departed. I know nobody who is against the enrgy companies, per se. The people I talk to know that the gas is there and it is needed. What is not needed is degradation of the land and water sheds, the air we breathe and unresonable intrusion of homes with drilling too close to houses. The energy extraction industries have a history in Colorado of pushing what rules there are to the limit, and over, and leaving a mess behind that citizens have to clean up. The industry will be here as long as there is gas to be found and there will be jobs. What has to happen is some tighter regulations with substantial penalties for not observing the rules. That will not kill the industry or jobs in the area but it will help to reclaim the land and public infrastructure after the drillers have departed.

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