Yeah, Didn't The Romans Salt Carthage? And Something Special For Warmists -- Seven Global Warming "Truthisms" Observed In 2013

Link here (to Carthage). LOL.

Seriously, this is an accident waiting to happen. Three million (that's a "3" with six zeroes on the end) gallons of saltwater sitting in storage tanks for each well that is going to be fracked. If there are 6 wells on a pad, one could imagine almost 20 million gallons of salt water on some farmer's wheat farm.

The Bismarck Tribune is reporting:

Statoil received the OK this week to proceed with a test that will use produced water – waste water that is a byproduct of oil production – for fracking operations at a well site north of Williston.

Reusing the wastewater will save about 6.5 million gallons of freshwater for the two oil wells at the test site, said Russell Rankin, regional manager for Statoil.

Statoil did a small-scale test in 2012 to determine if produced water from the Bakken, which has a very high salinity content, could be used for fracking. The test used Halliburton’s technology known as CleanWave to treat the water.

On another note, after reading the description of CleanWave at the linked site, think of all the science projects the Williston High School students could present at the annual "Science Fair." My favorite was observing how plants grow while being exposed to loud "rock" music.  LOL.

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A Note To The Granddaughters

Two stories.

First: 2013 Will Finish One Of The Ten Coldest Years In US History, With The Largest Drop In Temperature.

Second: The seventeenth year of no global warming. Seventeen years! An inconvenient truth.

This year has been trying for climate scientists and environmentalists who have been trying hard to explain away the 17-year hiatus in global warming and link “extreme weather” to rising greenhouse gas emissions — despite strong evidence to the contrary. There has been a breakdown in the manmade global warming consensus, and some even argue we are headed for an ice age.

The linked story provides seven -- count 'em -- seven "setbacks for the warmists.

The cockles of my heart are warmed.