My Opinion Of Fracking....

        Dear Friends and Neighbors,

  I am writing to you because there is a matter of great concern that I feel I need to share with you.
  I have lived off the beaten path all my life, surrounded by woods and wildlife, peace and beauty. Our driveway is over a half-mile long and getting out during the winter time can be challenging at times, my parents used to cross county ski out to the road pulling my three siblings and I in a sled, later we got a snowmobile and now we are blessed to have a tractor with a snow blower.  During all seasons I have found the outdoors a great place to pray and meditate. My family and I have gardened on our land and we have foraged the wild edibles God put there already.
   As you can probably tell my faith is very important to me and while I take it very seriously I also know I fall WAY short of the glory of God. I also respect the fact that my convictions may very greatly from yours, I think it is very natural for people to have different opinions. I ask that maybe you will hear my opinion and if you feel the need you can share with me your opinion......
It is very fair for me to hear your opinion.
  The matter that I speak of is fracking....I believe God gave us things on this earth to use, but I also believe God also put us on the earth to care for it, not trash it, and there are some things about fracking that really concern me but before I go into that please let me share with you some things in the Bible as to why I believe we should care for the earth ,
again you may or may not have a different opinion.
   Right in the first chapter of Genesis when God made man , Genesis 1:26  Then God said " Let us make man in our own image, according to our likeness , let them have DOMINION over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air , over the cattle, over ALL THE EARTH and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
After this in Genesis 1:28 God blessed the man and woman, tells them to be fruitful and multiply to fill the earth , subdue it and to take dominion.
Then in Genesis 2:15 God puts Adam in the garden to tend it.
 These are some examples as to why I believe we are to care for the earth.
     Now on to some things that concern me....Fist of all if we frack we are going to have lots of noise, not just by the fracking but did you know it takes HUNDREDS of truckloads of liquids to the well? Then you have even more truckloads of liquid waste from the well...That is a lot of traffic and fuel being spent right there, also we are bound to need a great deal of road work because of the traffic, but it gets worse.....That liquid waste has about 600 chemicals including benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene. How are we to take care of these vile chemicals ??  Water treatment plants cannot deal with this...if we dump it in a hole or something what about the animals that get into the stuff? What about the insects....lots of animals end up eating bugs and I think the chemicals could make their way into the food chain. What about when the gas is flared ? What about all those toxic fumes?
   These things alone seem bad enough and if we mess up, if we wreck the water it will be much worse. It seems so very risky to me and not only risky , disruptive and messy.
   Maybe you disagree with me, maybe you think fracking is a way to take dominion over the earth. Did you know in Revelation 11:18 it speaks of Gods judgement , it says about destroying those who destroy the earth.

   Now , I love peace and quiet , I love our well water but I also understand some folks are having hard times....that they need some money and may think that fracking is their chance to get some money....But this money comes at a great cost , things are not so simple.  If our water is wrecked we could buy water to drink but what about water to wash our bodies and dishes in ?  What about watering livestock ? If we wreck our water things will be really bad.

I hope you hear my concern, that is what I am asking.

                                        Sincerely, Jessica Riley