A: Drill, baby, drill!

B: Fracking uses vast amounts of freshwater and can strain local water supplies.

A: Drill, baby, drill!

B: Chemicals used in fracking can contaminate groundwater if wells fail.

A: Drill, baby, drill!

B: Methane leaks from fracking sites worsen climate change.

A: Drill, baby, drill!

B: Wastewater injection has been linked to increased earthquake activity.

A: Drill, baby, drill!

B: Air pollution from fracking affects human health and nearby ecosystems.

A: Fake news. Totally exaggerated.

B: Still, peer-reviewed studies do document environmental risks.

A: Radical environmental hysteria.

B: Fracking infrastructure does fragment habitats and landscapes.

A: So-called experts, very biased.

B: Methane emissions remain a serious concern for the climate.

A: Nobody’s ever proven real damage.

B: There are documented cases of water contamination near drilling sites.

A: This is just a witch hunt against energy.

B: The cleanup and monitoring costs can fall on local communities.

A: Keep pushing that story and funding dries up.

B: Well, stricter regulations can reduce some of the environmental risks.

A: People who talk like you don’t get invited back.

B: Newer technologies may lower the chance of groundwater contamination.

A: Careers end quietly all the time.

B: Natural gas does burn cleaner than coal in terms of CO?.

A: Say it correctly, and things go much easier.

B: Fracking can help support energy independence during a transition.

A: Drill, baby, drill. Smart people agree.

B: In that case, fracking can even be good for the environment if it replaces coal and is carefully managed.

A: Drill, baby, drill!

B: Drill, baby, drill!