Posted on October 31, 2014 by Cathy Kristofferson
Full Display of Maps of KM Pipeline Route: With the extraordinary work of several individuals, we now have maps of the full route across all 44 towns. These will be posted at the Summit, so residents, legislators, and organizations can see first hand the latest information.
New Short Documentary Video: “You don’t hear much about this….a story about what it means to have a natural gas compressor station as your neighbor”, Stephen Wicks, a well known photographer, filmmaker, and educator will show his latest work on compressor stations at the Summit.
What’s Next ?: This post conference conversation, from 1:30-2:30, will provide interested attendees an opportunity to coalesce around specific interests and network with others.
Green Energy and Environmental Displays: Several green energy and efficiency companies and environmental groups are sponsoring display tables to share their information.
Refreshments: Monty Tech Spanish teacher and 9 of her students will be providing coffee and refreshments for the conference. The proceeds will help to fund their special homestay/service trip to Peru in summer of 2015 –the first in the school’s history!
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NIMBY at its best here ..a gas line that will help but no!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Mike,
ReplyDeleteHow will the gas pipeline help?
Help what?
And whom ?
And who foots the bill for the pipeline?
Ok Mike, what is your land worth if this pipeline goes through your back yard ?? I doubt you could give it away. When the telephone company put a underground line across the country about 40 or 50 years ago, there were helicopters flying over it constantly. Every few years they would cut back the brush, after awhile they sprayed it to kill everything in it's path. In todays world the line has been pretty much been abandoned, left to grow wild. One of the problems with this line was some dirt road bikers think it is open for the use of the public, and land owners have spent a good amount of time chasing them off their property. Nothing good is going to come from this for the people it will infringe on, and to the best of my knowledge, we will get no benefit from it at all. Bev.
DeleteThe companies should pay and it would be jobs in the USA. Perhaps not here but somewhere. Hope all are enjoying low gas prices as in gasoline.
ReplyDeletethere is very little NG in this area NG has a history of being a low cost fuel. LPG in the other hand is a higher priced but more portable for use that is what we have here
ReplyDeletethere is always some type of bad with any type of fuel and NG can not be portable like LPG it has to be in pipe lines tru streets and back yards ..just my opinion..
I understand NG vs LPG. This pipeline will do nothing for Templeton or it's surrounding communities with the exception of Gardner. Templeton will never have the infrastructure to have NG in the homes or businesses. We don't have the population density .
ReplyDeleteMy objection to the pipeline is the nature of the process used to extract the gas from the ground. Fracking will have serious consequences for many communities. Currently the pipelines that already exist in MA carry fracked gas. In my opinion, the push for this pipeline is less about providing homes and businesses in MA with cheaper fuel than it is about EXPORTING this gas.
Fracked gas causes immense environmental harm especially to a community's water supply.
Water is essential for human life.
In Mass, there are a number of initiatives to control and manage water. Years ago it was the Storm Water process where a community (like Templeton) paid over $300,000 over many years to tag and monitor all of the outfalls in this very small town. We were in the process of of obtaining yet another MS4 - Storm Water NPDES permit. ( see EPA MS4 before the SHTF.
So what does this have to do with Fracking?
In addition to the storm water NPDES permits, Massachusetts has undertaken an additional water management initiative - SWMI Sustainable Water Management Initiative. SWMI will determine how much water a community will be allowed to use from any particular watershed.
In my opinion, both SWMI and MS4 will be used to control the water supply of any community. I believe in the very near future, the value of water will increase dramatically. These water management initiatives will be used to sell off the water from one community to others.Think along the terms of carbon credits. Your communities water maybe even sold off to communities who have lost their potable water due to fracking.
So I oppose the pipeline for many different reasons. I'm not against business. I'm not against progress. I am against the Town of Templeton and the people in it getting screwed ...AGAIN!