tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post3684284789908738429..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: My Philosophical Difficulties with the Marcellus Shale DepositAnne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-14734286102028229202010-02-01T14:41:11.677-05:002010-02-01T14:41:11.677-05:00I would google around for a landowners group in an...I would google around for a landowners group in an area where the property is. They probably already have free legal representation. google marcellus shale landowners group maybe.<br /><br />Anyway, perhaps you and your family can do a 5 yr mineral rights lease and use that money to keep the farm in the family and your cousins would get some $ that they need. <br /><br />Around me farmland is selling for about $2000 / acre but some leases are going up to $5000 / acre plus 20% royalties if they do drill. So you and your family would be better off leasing the mineral rights for the next 5 years and keeping the farm in the family than selling it right now.<br /><br />sell the farm: $2000 x 75 acres=$150,000<br /><br />lease your mineral rights for 5 years: $5000 x 75 acres=$375,000 and you still own the farm right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-85652749261385382012009-12-08T21:15:13.097-05:002009-12-08T21:15:13.097-05:00I hearby nominate LoveCanal2020 for praise and wor...I hearby nominate LoveCanal2020 for praise and worship! Thank you, God(dess) of Love Canals, for this insightful response!Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083739996560380258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-25358696356117899862009-12-06T20:54:24.839-05:002009-12-06T20:54:24.839-05:00Much of your decision lies in what the laws are in...Much of your decision lies in what the laws are in your state/county regarding a term called "compulsive integration". In some places, if a certain percentage of your neighbors lease their land to the gas companies, then you will be FORCED into leasing your property whether you want to or not. So first you need to really get a bead on what the laws are in your areas and what your neighbors will be doing, so it doesn't interfere with whatever decision you make.<br /><br />That said, the laws are also in play when damage to the environment happens on your leased property. If you don't have certain protections built into the leasing language, then you may be liable if an explosion happens and your gas well causes some kind of damage to others property, drinking water, etc. Then all that leasing money you got will be going towards lawyers and paying for damages. <br /><br />Other problems with gas leases aside from the obvious environmental ones like noise, and pollution, is the fact that the landsmen that come around to lease are not the people that will be doing the actual drilling, and they will promise you the world with one hand as they slide all kinds of goodies for the drilling company into the lease with the other. Also, you will not be able to sell the property as long as there is a gas well on it. Mortgage companies will not offer loans on leased property. If your property is damaged by the well, it will be nearly impossible to sell it, and any money you get for the lease may not pay the taxes on the property for the next 20 years if you can't unload it. Just like any other business transaction, you are best off hiring a lawyer, or at least finding a leasing coalition to help you understand these and many other problems.<br /><br />As far as the environmental aspects of gas drilling, they are not pretty, and more information is coming in every day from places like Dimock Pa, where people's drinking water was ruined by gas drilling. More links and information about this is available on my blog. <br /><br />Just remember that the gas industry is not here to help you, they are just here to get the gas, make $$$ and get out. They have no vested interest in the area, or in the residents down the road. If YOU do, then THAT should be the primary force in whatever decision you make. Good Luck.LoveCanal2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/00650926824831860858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-61680162512670745232009-12-06T16:15:30.260-05:002009-12-06T16:15:30.260-05:00I would say "nay" but I'm a stubborn...I would say "nay" but I'm a stubborn kraut and no amount of family pressure would get to me if I've made up my mind based on my principles.Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12294207351440999597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-49386096905028653012009-12-06T15:11:13.821-05:002009-12-06T15:11:13.821-05:00I'd like to point out that natural gas is only...I'd like to point out that natural gas is only a "clean" fuel as it compares to other energy sources like coal and oil. <br /><br />It's still a fossil fuel and, while it doesn't release nearly as many toxins as other fuels, you're still burning hydrocarbons and belching CO2 into the atmosphere to extract the energy.Thomashttp://www.badassbard.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-30055979018847141592009-12-06T14:51:35.398-05:002009-12-06T14:51:35.398-05:00holy shit!...who knew Hades was a horder...
I don&...holy shit!...who knew Hades was a horder...<br />I don't think you will have a choice..if ucle sells you have to go along..because if you don't everyone in the family that has a shot at some money out of the sale will make your life miserable...just sayingyellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-6779491434054044692009-12-06T13:34:02.280-05:002009-12-06T13:34:02.280-05:00The process of hydraulic fracturing that is used t...The process of hydraulic fracturing that is used to fracture Marcellus shale poses great hazards to groundwater and health. If you have not seen it, I suggests watching a film called split Estate" www.splitestate.com<br />Some other sources are <br />http://drillingsantafe.blogspot.com/<br />http://sites.google.com/site/northernnmconservationproject/home<br />The conservation project has a page of informative links. You should be able to find out everything you never wanted to know about oil and gas drilling from the sites listed there.<br />I have this feeling that Hades is a big fan of that damn Marcellus Shale...Northern New Mexico Conservation Projecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371941468595392855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-35935579965858240002009-12-06T13:08:15.105-05:002009-12-06T13:08:15.105-05:00A real dilemma. Wish I had some sage advice.A real dilemma. Wish I had some sage advice.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-42456613365032652292009-12-06T12:55:06.725-05:002009-12-06T12:55:06.725-05:00@Hecate-ooohh, I am going to have to borrow that l...@Hecate-ooohh, I am going to have to borrow that line!<br /><br />@Anne, one more issue about the gas extraction to make life difficult for you; it may poison the ground water. <br />http://www.propublica.org/feature/is-the-marcellus-shale-too-hot-to-handle-1109Lavanahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295089071497942411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-88517285204559740842009-12-06T11:49:00.617-05:002009-12-06T11:49:00.617-05:00Know the difference between and SUV and a golf bal...Know the difference between and SUV and a golf ball? Tiger Woods can drive the golf ball over 300 feet.<br /><br />/puts self in corner.Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291488568404382739noreply@blogger.com