Gas prices are plummeting across America thanks in part to the country doubling its daily oil exports, which is made possible by chemical fracturing technology that scientists have said wreaks havoc on the environment. Here are some pros and cons of fracking:

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