Is Fracking Worth the Risks?
In a rural area of Colorado families demonstrate for local media and the film crew of the documentary Gasland how they are able to set fire to the water running out of their faucets. This unnerving phenomenon is just one of many side effects for people living in areas where hydraulic fracturing for natural gas is occurring. The effects of hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, may not only be detrimental to human health and safety, but also to the environment. Many argue natural gas is a clean fossil fuel and fracking is a benefit to the economy, but it is safer and smarter to spend time developing technologies in other renewable resources because of the problems that accompany fracking.
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In a rural area of Colorado families demonstrate for local media and the film crew of the documentary Gasland how they are able to set fire to the water running out of their faucets. This unnerving phenomenon is just one of many side effects for people living in areas where hydraulic fracturing for natural gas is occurring. The effects of hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, may not only be detrimental to human health and safety, but also to the environment. Many argue natural gas is a clean fossil fuel and fracking is a benefit to the economy, but it is safer and smarter to spend time developing technologies in other renewable resources because of the problems that accompany fracking.
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