Does that sort of thing happen a lot? There are no safety concerns for the children with a pad over a mile away from the school, and we're not creating a wasteland. It sounds like you just despise the petroleum industry in general. I guess you will just continue to enjoy the quality of life petroleum products provide you while being blissfully unaware of where it comes from. I'm sure you don't use things like plastic, buy clothes, shop at the grocery store, take medicine, drive a car, etc, etc... As long as it's not in your back yard right? (even if it is safely extracted, but I doubt you understand the actual process enough to know that)

http://www.innovativewealth.com/inflation-monitor/what-products-made-from-petroleum-outside-of-gasoline/

PS, wow to that that edit you provided.