Sorry, Flagstaff Lake is the other side of the state.
But, there is this anyway and I find it interesting a pipeline in Maine goes all the way to Canada.
When one works parallel to the petroleum industry as long as I have, the stench begins to permeate life itself.
Media Contact: Greg Glynn
Nancy Marshall Communications
gglynn@marshallpr.com - 207-620-9076
AUGUSTA, Maine - Summit Natural Gas of Maine (click here) announced today that the Augusta-based company has reached an agreement with UPM Madison to supply the paper manufacturing facility with natural gas service by this fall. The paper mill has been working with Summit Natural Gas of Maine to secure a fuel source that will allow them to reduce their energy costs....
And the evil Portland Press Herald wrote this:
Amid the state's rush (click here) to convert from oil to natural gas, however, it's possible that some issues important to Mainers are not being fully examined.
By Tux Turkel tturkel@mainetoday.com
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
I think the governor has an ax to grind with a paper that has served the people of Maine and their affection for the natural world.
...But in Maine's rush to gas, it's possible that some important issues aren't being fully examined.
Is it wise for Maine to trade dependency on one fuel for another?
Is it a good idea to be so reliant on natural gas for electricity?
Will cheap gas kill more-costly renewable power, namely electricity from wind, which has the potential to become a major industry in the state?...
You see, it would be too obvious to pick a fight with PPH over natural gas, to displace the hatred of alternative energy is a far better political strategy.
PPH actually asks the people questions. I'll be darn.
Flagstaff Lake needs to be monitored for water volume to insure good quality tourism. You see, there other states that serve that purpose, too.
It isn't as though Maine lacks for wind power parallel to the pipeline.
About the 50-Meter Maine Wind Resource Map(click here)
This resource map shows estimates of wind power density at 50 m above the ground and depicts the resource that could be used for community-scale wind development using wind turbines at 50-60-m hub heights....And then there us eighty meter map.
This map (click here) is a key piece of understanding the state's wind resource potential from a development, policy, and a jobs and economic development impact perspective....
The natural gas pipeline (click here) and local distribution companies serving the Northeast have access to supplies from several major domestic natural gas producing areas and from Canada. Domestic natural gas flows into the region from the Southeast into Virginia and West Virginia, and from the Midwest into West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Canadian imports come into the region principally through New York, Maine, and New Hampshire.
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies also enter the region through import terminals located in Massachusetts, Maryland, and New Brunswick, Canada.
If I were the people of Maine, I would not be pinning reliable natural gas sources from Canada.There is a controversy. And then there is that mess from Alberta, too. At one point Canada wanted to run the pipeline eastward.
This is exactly the problem with the petroleum industry. Citizens basically don't want it. They'll take the jobs and the governors will swallow the bitter pill, but, the petroleum could not care less about what people want for their own land.
The government (click here) (Canadian government) has identified natural gas exploration and related industrial development as potentially having significant economic benefits for the future of New Brunswick.
48% say industry important to provincial economy, 44% say not important, CRA finds (click here)
Posted: Jun 19, 2013 1:17 PM AT
Last Updated: Jun 19, 2013 7:21 PM AT
...The Alward government fully supports shale gas development, but has faced mounting opposition to the industry over the past two years, including several protests in recent weeks in Kent County, where SWN Resources Canada is preparing for seismic testing.
“Given the high concerns over the safety of shale gas and the mixed opinions regarding the importance of shale gas to the economic future of New Brunswick, it is clear that there will be significant and continuing challenges to government and industry in the development of shale gas resources in the province of New Brunswick," said Don Mills, the chief executive officer of CRA, said in a statement.
Nearly half of the 400 New Brunswick adults polled, 48 per cent, believe shale gas is critically important or important but not critical to the province's economic future, while 44 per cent say it is not very important or not at all important to the economy....
Shale gas and Canadian Tar Sands sludge is a serpent in the garden. It just is. There is a lot of seismic problems with shale gas and well tar sands are an abomination.
Frederick Brook Shale Spurs Canadian Exploration (click here)
I have a very strong feeling no one is letting on there is the possibility Fredrick Brook Shale can be found in Maine, too. Is there a state in the union that doesn't have some kind of lousy shale deposit. It is like the creeping crud. The petroleum industry never shows it's final fig leaf until the public is helpless to do anything about it. They are building momentum across the USA to have every citizen believe this is the future of American energy. It better not be because this planet can handle anymore greenhouse gases.
Frederick Brook Shale formation (currently).
The known (click here) and potential shale gas resources occur within Carboniferous sedimentary subbasins (in white) throughout the subsurface of central and southern New Brunswick.
