Why We Shouldn’t Put Bans on Fracking
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1:16Now PlayingAre concerns over the negative impact of hydraulic fracturing — better known as “fracking” — on the environment grounded in enough facts to warrant a ban?
No — if anything, calls for a fracking ban hostilely target one industry and set regulations that are devoid of any meaningful environmental benefit, mischaracterize risk and misinform the public.
After all, fracking alone has allowed the U.S. to become the world's third largest liquefied natural gas exporter. And guess what? Shifting toward it and away from coal has actually improved air quality.
If a policymaker proposed banning cars and trucks or reducing the speed limit to 5 mph to reduce traffic fatalities, he or she would be laughed off the stage. Such a policy ignores the benefits of driving and disregards how people accept risk and tradeoffs in their lives.
So why should we treat efforts to ban fracking any different?
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