Can You Set Your Tap Water on Fire?

Short for Hydraulic Fracturing, fracking is the process of injecting millions of gallons of sand and chemicals (many of them toxic) into the earth and extremely high temperatures to break up rock formations, and release the natural gas inside.

The natural gas that’s released by fracking must be piped to compressor stations before they can be sent to power plants and other end consumers of energy. At these compressor stations, the volatile organic compounds and dangerous chemicals are burned off into the air. The remaining fracking fluid is stored on-site as wastewater; part of the wastewater evaporates into the air, and the rest stays underground. Toxic gases and chemicals can and have contaminated nearby water supplies.
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The tap water in Milwaukee has smelled very strongly of hydrogen sulfide (rotten eggs) for at least a decade in my personal experience. You can't drink it without vomiting from the smell. Hydrogen sulfide is poisonous, too. It's a fucking travesty. Whoever's in charge of their government and their municipal water supply ought to be in jail.

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Regulatory capture is routine. This is why senators, representatives, heads of agencies, and other high level government employees should have a lifetime exclusion from being allowed to receive any emolument from anyone for anything except their government salary/pension. The cost to the government for providing a lifetime pension to 1-term senators and representatives would be microscopic compared to the amount of federal money that gets wasted because of bribery and regulatory capture. It's very often the case that a high level official in the government does something in favor of a corporation, and then 1-2 years later goes to work for that same corporation making a 7-figure salary. It's bribery, plain and simple.

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