In Versailles, near Pittsburgh, old natural gas wells were capped, but now methane is leaking. In Northeast WY energy companies spend millions to extract methane from coal bed seams in the Powder River Basin. This article explains dangers. It's worth questioning just how methane is to be regarded in the energy conumdrum. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.