Fracking Drought

Heard about the massive multi-year drought in Middle America?  Who or what is to blame?  In years past, U.S. cities argued with farmers over precious supplies of fresh water from the giant Mid-American Aquifer.

Cities and farm crops use a lot of water, but today there is a new very thirsty player in the game.  The new player is known as fracking.  Fracking has revolutionized domestic oil and natural gas production and it is a giant new water consumer in a world where water is now in short supply.

I’m guessing that if Americans continue to expand their fracked hydrocarbon production they will simply run out of water in the heartland.  City water reservoirs are already running dry.

Many civilizations have ended in drought.  You can’t drink oil.