[Gondring]

[...] why the quarantine??

I don't see the problem...the cattle seem perfectly healthy to me.

Except one thing is puzzling...I seem to have twice as many head as I had before!

On a more serious note...

- Benzene and diesel fuel come from fracking?? Isn't diesel fuel a refined product? Is there a naturally occurring refinery underground?

Diesel fuel has been used in fracking fluids for decades. Benzene and other components of fracking fluid are found in groundwater well above the fracked zone...whether by fluid migration or gas transport, I don't yet know.

[DTogo]

Diesel fuel has been used in fracking fluids for decades.

I'm no expert in fracking by any stretch, and perhaps there are good "geological/industrial" reasons for using diesel fuel, but wouldn't common sense tell anyone not to pump that stuff deep into the ground at up to 15,000psi??

Using air, water, steam, etc is one thing, but pumping refined/toxic petroleum products into the ground... uh... WTF??