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Originally Posted by rmay635703
Also in terms of fracking i would argue that the refinement of petroleum is likely more polluting on a grand scale, there are thousands of cases a year of refineries releasing this or that or leaking, it seems they never aren't leaking something. CNG on the other hand requires no refining, produces no real exotics and in general produces much less pollution through its cycle cradle to grave, its not perfect but nothing is.
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Fracking is consuming and contaminating a more valuable resource than what it produces. Yes, refining is a filthy business, but they don't have that relationship with water. In Greeley the tankers line up at the hydrants everyday all day long to fill up those wells, and that goes right down the wells mixed with all sorts of evil disgusting liquids, and can never be reclaimed. They are polluting the water on the way in, polluting the air when it evaporates, and polluting the water table when it leaks out of the wells. And then when they inject the wastewater back into the earth for disposal, it causes earthquakes.
Good stuff.
