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• [1] Jeff from NYC and Delhi, NY July 25, 2008 - 12:58PM

  We spend weekends on what is currently an idyllic one lane country road in Delaware County, NY. Land is all watershed and wetlands and all the streams feed into the Delaware River and the Cannonsville reservoir, one of the NYC reservoirs. Where will likely drilling occur and what lands will be protected for the sake of NYC water safety? Of the 180 acres that comprised my old farm, about 100 are owned by NYC to keep them pristine. Seems like drilling kills that effort.

  JE.

  
  
• [2] A1sauce from nyc July 25, 2008 - 01:29PM

  Methane is 23 times worse than CO2...but which is more environmentally friendly overall? Carbon based fuel or natural gas?

  
  
• [3] exlege from brooklyn July 25, 2008 - 01:32PM

  what is the method to convert methane to propane for delivery purposes? can we convert biogas into propane?

  
  
• [4] Debbie from Babylon July 25, 2008 - 01:32PM

  Why is National Grid not advertising for new gas customers in light of the oil price rise? My co-worker (who lives in Nassau) and I have bee4n trying to convert from oil to gas. He was given a price of $29,000.00 for bringing the pipes 425 feet to his house. I have been waiting for over a month for a response from them. Inital estimates I have heard are $65 a foot for the pipes. Don't they want new customers? Is there some sort of moratoriam or are they in co-hoots with the oil companies?

  
  
• [5] stephanie from Ringwood July 25, 2008 - 01:38PM

  Is methane produced by dumps the same as naturally found? Can it be used for energy production? I recently drove past a dump off of I78 near the Delaware River and smelled the methane before I saw it burning off from a tall pipe above the dump.

  
  
• [6] hjs from 11211 July 25, 2008 - 01:46PM

  that smell was a test by the government

  
  
• [7] Elaine from NYC July 25, 2008 - 01:48PM

  Drilling for natural gas is different than drilling for petroleum. Though there are negative environmental impacts associated with drilling for natural gas, they must be weighed against the benefits of using natural gas as a source of energy. Natural gas burns much cleaner than oil and emits less carbon.

  
  
• [8] Peter Richman from Highland Park, NJ July 25, 2008 - 01:48PM

  What progress has been made in tapping methane hydrates under the ocean?

  
  
• [9] B Marx from Downtown July 25, 2008 - 01:48PM

  The scent that we know in natural gas is added and therefore a natural release would not smell the same (I'm told it has no smell)

  
  
• [10] Jim from broooklyn July 25, 2008 - 01:53PM

  What about using human waste as a source of fuel? Human's produce methane, our waste probably can be burned.

  
  
• [11] erick from Rochester, NY July 25, 2008 - 01:56PM

  Is there any way to use micro-organisms to digest organic garbage (food etc.) to make natural gas that doesn't have to be drilled for?

  Kill two birds with one stone. Get rid of garbage and create energy.