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A comment on Shale Drillers Turn on Each Other as Toxic Water Leaks Hit Biggest US Oil Field. Parent comment

Re:Shale Drillers Turn on Each Other as Toxic Water Leaks Hi... by no_wizard on Monday July 21, 2025 @01:26PM (#44637853)
this is nothing more than FUD. Waste can be repurposed, sometimes decades after the fact, as reactor technology improves. In fact, the latest reactors in service elsewhere in the world can recycle a portion of the waste as fuel, further minimizing it.

We also know its dangers and how to store it properly, and compared to the waste that simply oil and gas extraction creates, its significantly less (up to 90% less), and its exceedingly predictable.

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Re:Shale Drillers Turn on Each Other as Toxic Water Leaks Hi... by harimau777 on Monday July 21, 2025 @05:18PM (#44640524)
Even if we know how to store it properly, that doesn't mean that we will store it properly. I don't see any reason why we should trust the MAGA regime (and the Democrats aren't much better) to handle it properly or to make things right if there is an accident.
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