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B0MBOY t1_iyhwmy9 wrote

Reply to comment by 8Draw in 'Finally, some justice': Corporation ordered to pay Pennsylvania town millions. Fracking destroys town’s water. by CQU617

We already have an extraction tax and give a huge chunk to municipalities. Problem is theres a shit ton of restrictions and basically all we were able to figure out was use it all on roads.

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8Draw t1_iyhxl8z wrote

No, we have some weak per-well taxes and the amount of money that PA has handed over to energy companies compared to other states is easily in the billions because of it.

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B0MBOY t1_iyiqva8 wrote

Boohoo companies are profiting. My town gets a quarter million bucks every year. That’s pretty good

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8Draw t1_iyjdm11 wrote

At that rate they'll only have to keep giving you their pocket change for another 70 years to cover the bill when it comes time to replace your entire water system.

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B0MBOY t1_iyjix2t wrote

Replacing the water system would be damages… taxes aren’t for damages. Courts are. There is a proper way to handle things

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CQU617 OP t1_iyjknkj wrote

Must be a local politician

Grease those wheels. Who give a F about next generation because they will all leave anyway.

Ghost town PA like Centralia.

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MRG_1977 t1_iykyzhp wrote

It doesn’t even remotely cover the accelerated wear and tear on locally-maintained roads from the extra truck traffic.

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Jotakave t1_iylt4e3 wrote

250K a year to poison your town? What a bargain.

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B0MBOY t1_iym2e8x wrote

Damaging the water supply is an exception not the norm

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Jotakave t1_iym4vlu wrote

I’m not sure you know how fracking works. I recently read a book about this very issue (Amity and Prosperity) and the reality is that they inject chemicals to break the shell. Those chemicals end up seeping into the ground. The other factor is that the reservoirs that hold residual chemicals and waste water are often poorly maintained and they leak that stuff into underwater wells and reservoirs.

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