tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296442124707185645.post1891723011487135188..comments2024-03-15T15:05:45.263-05:00Comments on MOUND: On Farm FrackingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296442124707185645.post-59587442159036273082013-01-08T18:33:07.766-06:002013-01-08T18:33:07.766-06:00Thank you for commenting. I hear you. Wind isn'...Thank you for commenting. I hear you. Wind isn't perfect. But I'm not advocating wind as a solution to our energy problems but as a contributor to a diversified set of solutions. I also see wind as more or less compatible with the goals of sustainable agriculture, whereas I do not see fracked wells as a contributor to sustainable agriculture. It seems unlikely, or at least unethical for wind companies to twist the arms of farmers in order to place wind fields on their farms. There is a payout, no? The point is to keep farming, and if wind fields help, then the net result is beneficial. Fracking is beneficial to the farmers bottom line, but not to the farm. I feel our farm problems go beyond added value resource extraction. I suggest some ways of tackling this above, but in no way am I an expert. My point is that I cannot support fracking farms. <br />Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02554893883207752597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296442124707185645.post-87789808047270559282013-01-08T15:54:59.961-06:002013-01-08T15:54:59.961-06:00Have you done research about wind companies and Ne...Have you done research about wind companies and New York farms? Wind farming is highly subsidized (read fueled by wall street investment schemes) and needs a lot of coal power to even out the fluctuations of produced power (i.e it doesn't actually solve any energy problems). And the windfarm companies demand that the farmers sign non-disclosure agreements meaning they can't ever talk about whether it was actually beneficial for them or they will get sued. <br /><br />The chemicals in Fracking are scary and they will mess up our local food sources ( my family's farm is in Delaware county) - but windmalls are not the easy answer (as they are posed often posed as). <br /><br />Great movie about how the wind issue divided my economically depressed hometown (of course now the town is divided about fracking): http://windfallthemovie.comMelkorkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717876208368993107noreply@blogger.com