How To Stop Fracking Persuasive Essay

To frack or not to frack? This is a question, common amongst humanity today. Fracking is the process of drilling deep into the ground to extract natural gas from the shale down below. To extract the natural gas humongous amounts of toxic fluid, loaded with silica sand and chemicals, are pumped into the ground. This fluid is not always pumped back out of the ground and seeps into surrounding groundwater. North America should stop the use of fracking because it can cause earthquakes, puts the public at risk, lowers the quality of life for people near fracking grounds, and pollutes the environment. In Western Canada there have been many earthquakes directly related to fracking. When the fracking fluid and sand are pumped into the ground at high pressure it causes the quakes. When it is pumped into porous ground it eats away at the ground and causes cavities that cause earthquakes. Also when the fracking fluid is left in the ground the change in pressure causes earthquakes. In Oklahoma the wastewater is injected into old wells and disrupts the rock around fault lines causing the faults to slip, triggering an earthquake. Many scientists say that fracking has nothing to do …show more content…
First off it creates jobs which this country desperately needs. Any opportunity in this country to create jobs is a good one. At whatever cost to the environment keeping people employed is first. This also allows us, as a nation to rely less on other countries for natural gas. This will bring down our dependence on fuels from other countries. This will also allow our country to become more independent and boost our economy. With a boosted economy we can continue to create more jobs in other areas; such as, exporting any extra natural gas we have and making America profit. With an excess of natural gas come cheaper electricity and heat for Americans. This will give Americans more money to spend, boosting our economy even