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TIL there is an estimated 300k-800k abandoned, uncapped oil and gas wells in the USA leaking methane and toxic chemicals. Many children live near them. 

Capping each can cost up to $1m. Full cost ≈ hundreds of billions.

TIL there is an estimated 300k-800k abandoned, uncapped oil and gas wells in the USA leaking methane and toxic chemicals. Many children live near them. 

Capping each can cost up to $1m. Full cost ≈ hundreds of billions. 

https://youtu.be/5PkcazdPQvU

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Well its not like the companies who put them in place are lacking the funds to clean up their mess. If only there was an environmental protection agency of some sort that could step in and enforce these sort of expectations

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Unfortunately many of the wells are over a century old and there is no record of who drilled them. Capitalism baby!