Part I: Short Answer
Question 1a:
• What are the implications of natural gas extraction for groundwater supply?
• What are the effects of extraction on air quality?
• What are the potential consequences of chemicals used during extraction on human and livestock health?
• What are the repercussions of long-term exposure to chemicals on crops and soil?
• What are the economic implications of extraction in regard to agriculture and tourism?
Question 1b:
Rachel Carson’s widespread cautionary tale of the effects of chemicals, particularly pesticides, on air, water, soil, wildlife, and human health can be applied to the Kiamichi River scenario. Each question would likely be addressed with an admonitory response.
Question 2a:
Without a doubt, …show more content…
This innovative form of drilling allows for the procurement of oil and natural gas reserves that were at one time unreachable. While the new means of extraction may be viewed by some as a momentous and perhaps revolutionary discovery that has the potential to revive the United States economy, it is incased in controversy with others regarding the new form of drilling as a risk that could theoretically “end life on Earth as we know it”. How might the Father of American Forestry, Gifford Pinchot, view this inventive method of natural gas extraction? Would he support one side or the other entirely? Based on the philosophy of Pinchot, it is likely that he would support this new form of extraction, nonetheless, with considerable …show more content…
The village lay enclosed within a mosaic of majestic “cloud forest” in which tens of thousands of plant and animal species resided in unison with the natives. Rivers cut through the landscape and comprised of some of the most exceptional aquatic species found on Earth. Unique fruits and nuts were bountiful. Coffee, cocoa, and therapeutic plants were plentiful. Swinging, slithering, and prowling animals were abundant. Then suddenly and without warning arrived rubber tappers, loggers, oil companies, and others to raid and pilfer their mystical world. The once moist lands became dry and barren. Temperature that was at all times constant became erratic. Homes for millions of plants and animals were
Question 1a:
• What are the implications of natural gas extraction for groundwater supply?
• What are the effects of extraction on air quality?
• What are the potential consequences of chemicals used during extraction on human and livestock health?
• What are the repercussions of long-term exposure to chemicals on crops and soil?
• What are the economic implications of extraction in regard to agriculture and tourism?
Question 1b:
Rachel Carson’s widespread cautionary tale of the effects of chemicals, particularly pesticides, on air, water, soil, wildlife, and human health can be applied to the Kiamichi River scenario. Each question would likely be addressed with an admonitory response.
Question 2a:
Without a doubt, …show more content…
This innovative form of drilling allows for the procurement of oil and natural gas reserves that were at one time unreachable. While the new means of extraction may be viewed by some as a momentous and perhaps revolutionary discovery that has the potential to revive the United States economy, it is incased in controversy with others regarding the new form of drilling as a risk that could theoretically “end life on Earth as we know it”. How might the Father of American Forestry, Gifford Pinchot, view this inventive method of natural gas extraction? Would he support one side or the other entirely? Based on the philosophy of Pinchot, it is likely that he would support this new form of extraction, nonetheless, with considerable …show more content…
The village lay enclosed within a mosaic of majestic “cloud forest” in which tens of thousands of plant and animal species resided in unison with the natives. Rivers cut through the landscape and comprised of some of the most exceptional aquatic species found on Earth. Unique fruits and nuts were bountiful. Coffee, cocoa, and therapeutic plants were plentiful. Swinging, slithering, and prowling animals were abundant. Then suddenly and without warning arrived rubber tappers, loggers, oil companies, and others to raid and pilfer their mystical world. The once moist lands became dry and barren. Temperature that was at all times constant became erratic. Homes for millions of plants and animals were