Natural Gas

No I am not talking about the methane that the cows produce. Although that can be a long discussion as to who or what is to blame for global warming. No the natural gas that I speak of is thousands of feet below our farm. If you are not from Northeastern Pennsylvania and you want to learn more about the subject, than just stop at the local diner and you will soon be filled in on leases being flipped, contaminated drinking water, lawsuits, geophysical work, large royalty checks etc.

We were one of the poor fools that signed in May of 2006. This is before anyone in our area knew anything about the cash that we were sitting upon. It was amid another year of poor milk prices and we were getting behind on our bills. So when someone says that they will give you some cash and all you have to do is sign on the dotted line. What can be the harm? But what we didn't know was that the company we signed with was just a land agent for a gas storage company. That's right, gas storage. Now where do you think they store that gas. Well to find out look on their website www.ecorpusa.com. Would it surprise you to find out that one of the places gas is stored is in the aquifer? On their own website it says that one of the disadvantages is "Higher potential for water supply contamination".

Now seriously folks, would you knowingly agree to give up your drinking water for less than $14,000? If our water is contaminated than we are out of business. Could a family of 7 survive on $14,000 for the rest of their lives. Hahahahahahhaha.

So the reason this is showing up on my blog now is they want to run all through our corn field laying cables and setting off explosives for geophysical seismic operations. Now they are threatening us that they are going to do it anyway. Our farm and the surrounding are is forever changed. When a farmer gets a big royalty check, the cows go down the road. The farmers are retiring. But for now we are still holdin on.