24th November 2016, 9:44 AM
Around here, I'd be hard pressed to think of a single place I've been that uses oil based heating. As you might imagine, since most places in Oklahoma have full fledged central air (as opposed to just a single window unit), central heat comes with that package.
As to why you shouldn't "completely oppose" something that reduces carbon emissions, frankly the earthquakes, methane emissions, and ground water contamination (and the first one directly contributes to both of the latter ones, as in the case of the earthquake we just had centered on the biggest oil town in the US), well, just because something is "better" doesn't mean it's okay. I mean, really, just think about what you're saying. Sure, getting my pinky finger chopped off is better than getting my thumb chopped off, but I still completely oppose getting my pinky chopped off, because IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY! Considering Oklahoma "expendable" so long as you can get your precious Maine heaters on propane instead of coal is the height of privileged thinking, and yes, you SHOULD completely oppose waste water injection! I don't care WHAT it's better than, it's WORSE than a whole host of far superior options!
As to why you shouldn't "completely oppose" something that reduces carbon emissions, frankly the earthquakes, methane emissions, and ground water contamination (and the first one directly contributes to both of the latter ones, as in the case of the earthquake we just had centered on the biggest oil town in the US), well, just because something is "better" doesn't mean it's okay. I mean, really, just think about what you're saying. Sure, getting my pinky finger chopped off is better than getting my thumb chopped off, but I still completely oppose getting my pinky chopped off, because IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY! Considering Oklahoma "expendable" so long as you can get your precious Maine heaters on propane instead of coal is the height of privileged thinking, and yes, you SHOULD completely oppose waste water injection! I don't care WHAT it's better than, it's WORSE than a whole host of far superior options!
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)