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> on top of crap like Flint Flint's water contamination has absolutely nothing to do with energy production of any kind. It was caused by the city still havin
by vonmoltke 8y ago
> on top of crap like Flint
Flint's water contamination has absolutely nothing to do with energy production of any kind. It was caused by the city still having lead water pipes.
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> About 16% of all fracking oil in the US gets spilled in nature every year[1]
> [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39032748 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39032748
That isn't at all what that article says. It says 16% of wells suffer a spill each year. The industry would never allow 16% of its product to simply go to waste, particularly considering how difficult and expensive those operations are.
- folkrav 8y agoI'm not american, seems like I mixed up Flint with some other american city that made the news up here for having water catching fire and shit like that. And indeed, I misread, it's not 16% total spillage but 16% of them spilling at all. This one doesn't really change much to my point that having one in six fracking points spilling out is extremely damaging.