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Articles on this topic Lithuania joined the global protests against shale gas (19/10-2013) At the same time, two of the civilized countries of the West are taking place right opposite things. USA celebrating the fall in gas prices that occurred due to the extraction of shale gas. Germany adopts a law prohibiting de facto such prey. Bellona, 15/03-2013
In America, jubilation and thousands of new jobs in Germany - confusion, skepticism and prohibitions. Two countries - two such different approaches. Why? Over the past ten to fifteen years, Americans have excelled in technology gas production from reservoirs that were previously considered inaccessible.
Engineers have advanced so far that may drill wells not only vertically, but also horizontally on a great depth. This technology in Russia called "hydraulic fracturing" - a well drilled in the gas-containing rock under high pressure at a depth of injected mixture of water, sand and chemicals.
This explosive mixture "breaks" breed - it formed cracks from which gas flows into the well - and pumped upstairs. Gas goes on sale, but what happens to a mixture of water and chemicals? It is pumped from the well back to ... send to permanent storage in the other well. Yes, that's right - Americans pumped to a greater depth poisonous mixture.
Environmentalists, as well as many conscious citizens, concerned not the price of gas, not jobs and economic bunk beds growth, not plans for the future of American children, and certainly not the political regimes in the countries that supply gas to the world market. Environmentalists concerned about much more simple question - where is the assurance that uploads underground chemicals will not get into the ground water?
These guarantees no they can not give. Neither engineers nor uch