Personal Review: Hydraulic Fracturing

Selection 2 conveys that hydraulic fracturing is a safe practice, this is shown in many areas of the sections text. One such exsample is in the very first text box which states 'On average 99.51% of fracturing fluids are comprised of freshwater and compounds, are injected into deep shale gas formations, and are typically confined by many thousands of feet of rock layers." this is stateing that any chemicals that are introduced are on a miniscule scale that is strored safely underneth many layer of rock. they use ths to show the reader that while some chemicals used do have a potentiol to be harmful they are not only is very small quantiies but are stored thousands of feet below ground trapped by rocks. Another peice of evidence that is used to show the reader that hydralic fracturing is a safe practice is the charts use of a "common application" column. This is used to show the reader the everyday uses of the chemicals being injected, and how all these chemicals are used in safe and common aplications. the effect of this is to greatly reduce the fear and schepticism of useing chemicals in the pratice of hydraulic fracturing. …show more content…
Bolth of these texts are used to show the reader that the hydrulic fractruring practice is and safe one by downplaying the fears of chemicals used by saying that not only are the chemicals used in day to day activities but they are safly stored deep within the