> which given enough time and money any source can be rendered drinkable, Fewer people would have issues with resource extractors if they bonded over sufficien

> which given enough time and money any source can be rendered drinkable, Fewer people would have issues with resource extractors if they bonded over sufficient funds for a full remediation of all the damage they could do in the course of their operations. They never do, because the liabilities there are almost unbounded, and doesn't gel with the fly-by-night can't-squeeze-blood-from-a-deadbeat nature of most drillers.