What could possibly be wrong with leaving the safe operation of fracking wastewater pipelines to the folks who produce this toxic pollutant? Of course, that question is facetious. Unaddressed leaks reduce the amount of toxic waste for disposal. Legal remedies for damage are costly to achieve. So, the downside risk is limited if nobody is actively policing the operation of the pipeline. But the expenses of inspection and maintenance come right off the profit line of the operator. What could go wrong indeed!
Fracking chemicals pollute the water table and bring up radon gas along with the methane released. When radon decays, because it is radioactive, it’s decay products include strontium 90 which is a bone seeker. There is what causes leukemia and bone cancer. The best thing to do is keep all natural gas and oil in the ground, not extract or burn it. Fracking is too dangerous, too expensive and is totally unnecessary for our energy needs. Go to the website of the Solutions Project to learn about the plans for all 50 of the United State of America and over 146 countries all over the world to meet our energy needs with just solar, wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric energy and without nuclear. Contrary to the propaganda put out by the profit addicted fossil, nuclear and invest owned, for profit electric utilities, “we will not starve and freeze in the dark, nor wreck our economy in the process of transitioning to a renewable energy economy.” The biggest obstacle to renewable energy is not technology, natural resources or capital. It is the purchase of the votes of our elected leaders from both parties in the Federal and State Government by the profit addicted energy industry with their campaign donations to their election campaigns and other bribes.