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I have mixed feelings about fracking. It almost certainly pollutes areas, but lots of areas in not-United States get polluted currently from the oil industry:
by minikites 13y ago
I have mixed feelings about fracking. It almost certainly pollutes areas, but lots of areas in not-United States get polluted currently from the oil industry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_the_Niger_Delta#Oil_spills http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_the_Nig...
In other words, what makes us special? Why are we okay with polluting other places but by golly we get mad when it happens in our own country?
- rayiner 13y ago> Why are we okay with polluting other places but by golly we get mad when it happens in our own country? Because we live here and not there?
- dylangs1030 13y agoYou have a fair point, Rayiner. Peoples' attention is due to their local affairs before others. But I think the parent meant in a more idealistic sense, in which case, we really should care, we should care about both, just prioritize one. I guess it's semantics.
- minikites 13y agoSo it's okay to use oil when it pollutes somewhere else? I live in the northeast and I find it very interesting when someone has an anti-fracking bumper sticker on his or her car. It essentially says "oil is okay as long as there are no problems near me"