Ok so a friend gave me the best defense of fracking I've ever heard, from watching a video from an energy company
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@arthur_affect "Guns don't kill people. People kill people. Using guns."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Similarly, I didn't kill that person who fell off the roof. The force with which I pushed them was not nearly enough to cause death
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I merely *released the potential energy* that allowed gravity to kill the person
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@arthur_affect "Just because there's a massive crater & a mushroom cloud doesn't mean we used nuclear weapons." -
@arthur_affect "No, you don't understand, we managed to use CONVENTIONAL weapons to destroy everything you've known and loved."
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@arthur_affect@mumbly_joe sorry for the#actually, but around here (ks) distinguishing fracking from waste disposal has been helpfulThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@arthur_affect@mumbly_joe especially in framing the conversation among more conservative folks who would otherwise dismiss this argumentThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@arthur_affect@mumbly_joe further, maybe scarier than earthquakes is the potential for groundwater contamination from waste water, whichThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@arthur_affect@mumbly_joe has less to do with fracking as such, but the rate at which the waste is returned to the earth.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@arthur_affect@mumbly_joe using fracking as a catch-all for this makes it hard to get to smaller issues where people can find common groundThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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