This article quotes statistics on the horrific volume of wastewater fracking generates. It’s a terribly destructive process that permanently contaminates water, rendering it unsafe for human or animal consumption. The energy industry propagandizes and minimizes the damage, so you don’t hear much about it. Consider these statistics and think about all the efforts we make to conserve drinking water, such as low-flush toilets, shower restrictors, and drip irrigation for our gardens. Water destruction is yet another externalized cost that drillers aren’t held accountable for.

Fracking wastewater now endangers both drinking water and the wells that regurgitate the wastewater

There’s an old saying that I won’t spell out completely, but which most readers will certainly have heard at least once in their lives, to wit: “Don’t sh– where you eat.”

LEAVE IT IN THE GROUND.