Comments on: Housing & Other Shortages of North Dakota’s Bakken Oil Boom

By: Peter Geier

Peter Geier — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:21:23 +0000

Basically excellent article – however, data and assumptions used is from 2009 (production phase pdf) and very outdated (that is for the bust cyle) and also the more current assumptions are much higher in in terms of how many people are needed…

Peter

By: Phil Butler

Phil Butler — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:43:03 +0000

@Dan. Exactly right there. With conflicting stories all around us, it is hard to know which way is actually up these days. For me personally, I looked at some video of trucks dumping along the roads, some other shabby industrial practices, and was instantly reminded of just how unscrupulous workers and corporations can be. Like you say, there are two sides always.

I think the rush there will be a very good thing for a lot of people, but it seems like after so many similar massive buildups, that we could do this one right. Somehow;, many really doubt that is going to happen. Let’s hope the doubters are wrong.

Always,
Phil

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:39:02 +0000

Like with any hot topic, shale has conflicting points. Many people claim that it is not safe to use hydrolic fracking, but reports from the DEP state otherwise. According to http://shalestuff.com/controversy-2/msc-statement-pa-dep-air-emissions-data/article05892 only 3% of PA’s state-wide NOx emissions came from shale last year. However, it was a very short term study, and it is impossible to tell exactly what kind of impact it has until we get a long term one. Until laws get passed, we do not even know about the positive impacts that it can have on the economy either. Without the large contracts to export, we are sitting on our products.