Archive: Opinions

I greatly appreciate you covering the meeting and writing about it. I have 2 main points that make me write to you .

1- The survey presented was a non-scientific survey, that did not separate the name of the individuals from the actual survey, The people canvasing and administering the survey just outside the polling places did not make an effort to keep the collection anonymous. So the 'results' can be deemed as a sampling of those who chose to vote, who chose to fill out a survey that did not keep their opinions in confidence. It DOES NOT represent a scientific sampling of the Town of Lansing residents' opinions.

2- The presenter A. R. Ingraffea, was informative and entertaining, but represents only one view from the scientific community. Many of Dr. Ingraffea's statements after he presented information were his opinions with leading suggestions. The suggestion that methane released from gas well exploration and development created more "greenhouse gases" and had greater effect than coal and other fossil fuels is a theory that is not agreeded upon by other drilling and fracking scientists.

http://www.masterresource.org/2011/11/shale-gas-cornell-criticism/

http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/6/3/034014/fulltext/

I was hoping that the Lansing Town Board would present another side from other scientists that may come to other conclusions.

Thank you for the great service that the Town Board and the Drilling Committee provide.

Ned La Celle

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