Courtesy of The Onion, a little Friday humor:

Pros

• Blasts tens of thousands of gallons of chemicals deep underground, out of harm’s way
• Prompts important conversation about whether or not people have a right to clean water
• Chemical balance of breathable air getting a little staid
• Fact that shale well blowout could happen at any moment emphasizes ephemeral beauty of life
• Cancer research could use few more confounding variables
• Those hardest hit will be the voiceless

Cons

• Dilutes perfectly good chemicals
• Family history providing enough birth defects as it is
• Class action lawsuits always take forever and are super boring
• Noise of drilling day and night could keep up the oh-so-precious rural farmers who live nearby and need all the sleep their sweet little heads can get
• Fewer excuses to spend time with oil-rich dictatorships
• Gas still not zero dollars

Photo credit: The Onion