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Everyone not being paid to do it would tell you it's a bad idea. They break rocks in the substrata with no idea of how it will go or what effects it might have. Awuafers have been poisoned with natural gas, water tables have been ruined and misdirected. When the well is no longer profitable, they "cap" it and move on to greener pastures, letting the remaining gas bleed off into the environment unchecked. There are dozens of problems with fracking, but gas go boom so...
Yes yes, but think of the shareholder profits. Thats what really matters here, not these childish fantasies about the horrible nature of frakking and the fact that it makes water flammable! /s
Didn't we know it was awful a decade ago?
Even longer than that.
But gas means money, so fuck anyone and everything else that might get in the way.
I’m sorry, did anyone think fracking was safe?
Lots of people have tried to convince us it's safe. Those are the people making money from fracking.
$it's $completely $ fine$ everyone$ should $ frack.
water is wet
Is this "fracking"?
"Fracking (also known as hydraulic fracturing, fracing, hydrofracturing, or hydrofracking) is a well stimulation technique involving the fracturing of formations in bedrock by a pressurized liquid."
Thank you.
It's either that... Or maybe they're talking about getting freaky on Battlestar Gallactica? It's hard to tell.
Well since it says "fracking" then that means it is fracking
I have experienced earthquakes. In Kansas City, Missouri. One had an epicenter near Stillwater, Oklahoma.
That’s not supposed to happen.
The things you’re saying are supposed to be suppressed
And still there's politicians out there saying things like "I will not ban fracking. I did not as vice president. In fact, I cast the tie-breaking vote to open up more fracking leases". Playing with people's lives just to make a buck. Really shows they're not beholden to the people but to the owning class.
Using fracking if you could have electric cars shows that it is all about spoiling ground water.
This is the preparation for selling water to everybody.
I can't wait until we have to pay for breathable air.
Why do you think Musk wants to colonise Mars?
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The entire concept of fracking is that you drill into a fissure, then blast it full of a dangerous chemical slurry so that it eventually forces natural gas out of the fissure. Then when all the natural gas is gone, they pack up and leave with their money. The chemical slurry stays in the ground forever, leaching into water tables, public waterways, potentially contaminating soil used for live stock and agriculture.
We literally have a visible ball of unlimited fusion energy in the fucking sky, and natural tides that can power tidal generators, but no, let's just poison the shit out of everyone for a slightly better profit margin...
Right, but that visible ball isn't reliable. You have no idea when it's going to work or not.
If anyone cares, sunset is at 9:04 PM today.
Terrible "externalities" for humanity are what enables "profit" for capital.
I’m an educator, and I’m forbidden from taking about fracking at work ( ° ͜ʖ °)
For the record, the current technology we have to capture renewable energy is not capable of supporting the civilization we have built compared to how efficient oil and natural gas are as energy-dense molecules. Only very recently has battery technology come far enough to make it worth it to move a semi-truck any reasonable distance, but cargo ships are still going to be difficult to replace and account for a huge amount of pollution, as well as commerce we depend on. So it's not a "slightly better profit margin", as it would range from a literal decimation of society to straight up impossible to cut out all fossil fuels today.
But we should have started a global, methodical transition over 40 years ago, and the free market control over government and media has systematically prevented that. And THAT is unacceptable.
cargo ships are still going to be difficult to replace
Nuclear.
I agree that would be more environmentally friendly, but now you also need to train and employ how many nuclear experts to keep thousands of ships running safely? And this tech has existed for a while. If this was cheaper to do, I expect they would have already done it.
It's not cheaper because it's not heavily subsidised lie oil. Had it been and SMRs would be further along the line and well within the realm of feasibility.
Yeah, to flip the switch now, all at once would be incredibly disruptive. But we knew this was going to happen over 40 years ago. Shit, all elected officials in the US had to do was follow the plan that Jimmy Carter laid out.
I also seriously question the numbers saying that tidal, solar, and wind power can't provide enough to sustain the status quo. Yeah, powering a ship across the ocean can be hard... But you also have an essentially unlimited supply of wind and tidal power for a ship out on the ocean and quite a bit of solar power although it's not as reliable.
I mean it may take a little bit longer for the overall journey but you could pause and just bob up and down in the ocean to recharge the batteries in a cargo ship or move the slower speed while you recharge. That's not even exploring options like hybrid sail / battery powered ships
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Don't worry! Texas just passed a law allowing reclaimed fracking water to irrigate crops. That way everyone can get cancer!
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