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		Scarblac on March 30, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stanford researchers show fracking's impact to dri... The kind of damages that can't possibly be compensated by any conceivable insurance payout are also not helped by some people being in jail for life, so this isn't the solution either.

kafkaesq on March 30, 2016 [–]

But it may be the best we can do.

Otherwise, it'd be like telling drunk drivers "Hey it's your call, bro! You just need to wear a seatbelt and carry lots of insurance, 'k?"

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