Sunday, December 26, 2010

Gaseous

America is floating on natural gas. Allegedly there is so much of it, we don't know what to do with it all.

America's got gas.

CS Monitor: Top 5 overlooked stories of 2010
4. Rise of natural gas


The dramatic rise in the amount of retrievable natural gas in the United States could recast the nation's energy profile.


Natural gas is threatening the dominance of coal and undercutting nascent efforts not only to resuscitate nuclear energy but also to establish renewable energy as a viable and economic alternative.
Discovery: Sex Offenders Thrive in Oil and Gas Boom Towns
...Joel Berger and Jon Beckmann of the Wildlife Conservation Society have found that registered sex offenders are three times more numerous per capita in towns whose economy relies on natural gas mining than communities built around agriculture or recreation...

2 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

Interesting. My guess is boom towns of any variety tend to attract these kinds of people.

Jim Sande said...

Boomtown, a younger crowd with young families. Very creepy.