In case you’re wondering: It appears he’s against it.

Stephen Colbert dedicated some time on last night’s “The Colbert Report” to hydrofracking, a process he likened to “giving the earth an Alka-Seltzer if the Alka-Seltzer shattered your internal organs so oil companies could harvest your juices.”

Colbert then reported Gov. Andrew Cuomo “announced he wants to lift the ban on fracking in this state.”

Not actually true. The DEC released a report suggesting high-volume hydraulic fracturing could be done safely – with regulations – in New York, but the decision is far from a done deal. Cuomo has been careful not to weigh in, although he did call the DEC report “balanced.”

Colbert made a connection between hydrofracking and Cuomo’s successful push to legalize same-sex marriage in New York, saying the governor just signed a bill that enables gay couples to “legally frack each other” in the Empire State.

“Why can’t energy companies drill in our backyards,” Colbert continued. “Oh yeah, I went there. I live there!”

It gets a lot funnier from there, with Colbert poking fun at a Pennsylvania drilling company’s coloring book that explains the fracking process to kids using a friendly dinosaur as a guide.

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