When creating a sustainable solutions vision, we need to keep in mind that the visioning has to be sustainable, coherent, tangible, plausible, motivational and capable of achieving a good complexity-capacity balance.
a) Sustainable vision –
My vision is to BAN Fracking all together. Fracking contaminates underground water and also quite significantly contributes to global warming. In order for these potential dangers to be mitigated, fracking must be banned. It might sound radical but no amount of creating sustainable alternative methods for hydraulic fracturing, can be a 100% sustainable solution vision. The latest technology of alternate methods of extracting shale gas has already been adopted in Canada and could come to American fields in the near future: liquefied propane gas (LPG). This gas fracturing does not require large amounts of water and reduces the need for what chemicals are used in fracking. Experts claim that using LPG also does away with the need to pump the water back up to the surface after fractures have been made. …show more content…
Rather, I can imagine diverting that many gallons of water to our farmers and ranchers for their livestock and agriculture. It is interesting to note that fracking is usually favored in water-stressed lands. In future, I imagine a day in the US where all farmlands in the United states should be self sufficient with clean water technologies and never be devoid of it for sustaining their crops. The region known for its organic farms, orchards and vineyards must not fall prey to fracking landscapes. No single person, or crop or livestock is seen in the realm of fracking areas, affected by contaminated ground water and toxic emissions. With lesser automobile traffic associated with fracking, I envision a better CO in terms of infrastructure and property
a) Sustainable vision –
My vision is to BAN Fracking all together. Fracking contaminates underground water and also quite significantly contributes to global warming. In order for these potential dangers to be mitigated, fracking must be banned. It might sound radical but no amount of creating sustainable alternative methods for hydraulic fracturing, can be a 100% sustainable solution vision. The latest technology of alternate methods of extracting shale gas has already been adopted in Canada and could come to American fields in the near future: liquefied propane gas (LPG). This gas fracturing does not require large amounts of water and reduces the need for what chemicals are used in fracking. Experts claim that using LPG also does away with the need to pump the water back up to the surface after fractures have been made. …show more content…
Rather, I can imagine diverting that many gallons of water to our farmers and ranchers for their livestock and agriculture. It is interesting to note that fracking is usually favored in water-stressed lands. In future, I imagine a day in the US where all farmlands in the United states should be self sufficient with clean water technologies and never be devoid of it for sustaining their crops. The region known for its organic farms, orchards and vineyards must not fall prey to fracking landscapes. No single person, or crop or livestock is seen in the realm of fracking areas, affected by contaminated ground water and toxic emissions. With lesser automobile traffic associated with fracking, I envision a better CO in terms of infrastructure and property