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That is not a fair comparison... not that I love the high use of golf courses, either, but at least that use is just water. It flows back into the water cycle,
by codingdave 1y ago
That is not a fair comparison... not that I love the high use of golf courses, either, but at least that use is just water. It flows back into the water cycle, and thereby can be re-used infinitely. But fracking water has been poisoned. It removes the infinite re-use and makes it into toxic waste.
- ryao 1y agoThe water cycle involves a natural distillation. Distillation removes pollutants, so the water can be reused.
- jasonephraim 1y agoAt least in Colorado, they use "injection wells" to inject the fracking liquids deep below aquifers. This water does not (at least, by design) re-enter the water cycle. It is permanently sequestered in deep geologic formations.