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by OneOffAsk 3 days ago
> because just like in actual fracking, it is immensely harmful to the long-term health and sustainability of anything it is applied to

An otherwise good article, but weakened by this bit. Fracking and the use of natural gas is actually pretty great ecologically compared to the other ways we get and use fossil fuels. It got a bad rap because it probably really stunted US adoption of renewable resources… and it’s my theory the coal industry was behind the public damnation.