>Whereas "We can't have fracking because it poisons the ground water" seems reasonable. Benzene is a known human carcinogen[1][2] How many people die in auto a

>Whereas "We can't have fracking because it poisons the ground water" seems reasonable. Benzene is a known human carcinogen[1][2] How many people die in auto accidents as compared to Benzene originated cancers? Cars kill humans on a vast scale. They even sometimes kill people who want nothing to do with cars, like pedestrians, or cyclists. If your success metric is "lives saved", then pulling cars off the road is the sure winner, no? I'm not saying deliberately leaking Benzene into the water system and vehicular accidents are the same. I'm saying this problem is difficult.