(task) SCGF More On Exporting Gas, Pipelines and Government Royalties on Exports of Gas

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On Sep 18, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Margery Schab <mschab@aol.com> wrote:

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>> From: "'Vera Scroggins' via SusquehannaCoGasForum" <susquehannacogasforum@googlegroups.com>
>> Date: September 18, 2014 at 6:22:03 AM EDT
>> To: "Susquehanna Co. Gasforum" <susquehannacogasforum@googlegroups.com>
>> Subject: SCGF More On Exporting Gas, Pipelines and Government Royalties on Exports of Gas
>> Reply-To: Vera Scroggins <veraduerga@yahoo.com>
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>> On Friday, September 12, 2014 5:17 AM, "citizensconcernedaboutnatgasdrilling@googlegroups.com" <citizensconcernedaboutnatgasdrilling@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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>> Fracking's Financial Losers: Local Governments - 1 Update
>> Fracking's Financial Losers: Local Governments
>> "jtrallo@epix.net" <jtrallo@epix.net>: Sep 11 11:37PM -0700
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>> Q: Do you know why pipeline companies would rather install pipelines on private property as opposed to state or federal land?
>> A: Because they would have to pay annually to have a pipeline on state or federal land and they can get away with a pennies-on-the-dollar one-time payment on private land using the power of eminent domain as leverage.
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>> Q: Do you know why the US government is permitting more LNG export facilities and allowing US natural gas to be exported to China, India, Norway, Great Britain, and Canada where the price is four to five times the US price?
>> A: Because the US government gets a 20% royalty payment on all exported oil and gas.
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>> The fracking boom will never make the US energy independent, and was really never intended to. It will turn rural America into an extraction colony to enrich the wealth of multinational corporations. If this was about "energy independence" and lowering domestic energy costs, the gas would stay here - but that would mean less profit for the oil and gas industry, and no royalty for the US government.
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>> It's a classic example of the corporate business model of privatizing the profits by socializing the costs, and our pro-gas elected officials know it..
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>> Fracking's Financial Losers: Local Governments
>> http://www.governing.com/columns/public-money/gov-frackings-financial-losers.html
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>> Localities are forced to deal with much of the problems associated with fracking, while states and the federal government rake in all the revenue.
>> BY FRANK SHAFROTH | SEPTEMBER 2014
>> >He filed suit to block construction of a water tower near his home -- a tower that would increase fracking in the area -- alleging it would create “a noise nuisance and traffic hazards.”
>> >The dispute in Texas is only the tip of the derrick, as it were. In New York, the state’s highest court upheld the right of two of the Empire State’s local governments to establish zoning laws that keep out fracking companies. The court’s 5-2 decision was based solely on reaffirming the towns’ rights to make their own zoning choices. In its ruling, the majority noted that the towns had engaged in a “reasonable exercise” of their zoning authority, that they had “studied the issue and acted within their home-rule powers in determining that gas drilling would permanently alter and adversely affect the deliberately cultivated small-town character of their communities.”
>> >In Colorado, where the cities of Boulder, Broomfield, Fort Collins and Lafayette have adopted antifracking measures, Gov. John Hickenlooper recently announced the appointment of a task force to develop recommendations that would reduce land use conflicts when oil and gas facilities are located near homes, schools, businesses and recreation areas. He would also ask the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission to dismiss litigation challenging the city of Longmont’s ban on hydraulic fracturing and call on all parties to withdraw ballot initiatives on the topic. The task force will make recommendations to the legislature and issue majority and minority opinions.
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>> "When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty." - Thomas Jefferson
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