Comment Re:Um yeah (Score 1) 146
Car emissions are regulated, not so the huge Diesel engines used in the industry.
I work worldwide in the industry, the US as about the only developed country that is so lenient towards the oil companies.
There also is a lot of bad journalism like the ever present mentioning of chemicals being used, hardly ever do these stories name those chemicals or the quantities used (~0.5%, mainly Glycol, some anti-bacterials)
Never do they mention that all oil and gas wells naturally produce very unhealthy water, this is normally disposed off in an environmental safe and responsible way, like re-injecting it back into the formation it came from.
Frack water, including it's small traces of chemicals should and can be disposed of similarly.
But the typical small cowboy-style frack operators sometimes go for the cheapest option local law allows them to get away with...
Please moan about these oil companies, but start by moaning about the regulators!