Fracking uses too much water, and the wells can only be fracked a certain amount of times.…
This type of drilling has been used commercially for 65 years. The debate goes back and forth about whether fracking is safe or not. Natural gas Industry claims that fracking is completely safe because the shale formations lie far below the water table and pose no threat to groundwater which we use on daily bases: such as for drinking, showering, swimming, and a lot more. However,…
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.…
Fracking causes chemicals to get into the underground water areas that both plants and humans use to stay alive. Our basic necessity, water, is becoming infected by side effects of fracking that is incurable. Fracking is not a good idea when it kills our most important need for human life by making it into the thing that kills us. Cleanup of drinking water…
Fracking, the informal name for hydraulic fracturing, is a method of extracting natural gas from the earth. In this process, a well is drilled deep into the earth to reach shale. Once it hit this level, the well takes a ninety-degree turn and runs through the layer. Water with other dissolved chemicals is pressurized and sent down the well to create cracks in the shale. This solution helps absorb the gas and is subsequently pumped back up the well to the surface (NYTimes).…
It has been long acknowledged that the Untied States is in need of finding a natural energy source in order to become a more sustainable country and to also become less dependent on the Middle East. Attaining natural gas and oil from shale is a game changer when it comes to energy production. However, this revolutionary approach has created environmental skepticism around how environmentally friendly and sustainable this practice actually is and the types of problems that could be associated with fracking as a practice. Hydraulic Fracking has become extremely controversial because of very serious potential environmental risks. Enormous amounts of water are used during the fracking process, which become polluted creating a high probability…
Fracking is starting to become a problem in our country. Fracking is water mixed with chemicals pumped into big rocks at high pressure to get oil out of the ground. Fracking isn't all good fracking can cause earthquakes in the earth because of the holes it makes.it all started in the 1990s whn they figued out they could get oil out of fractured rocks with a easy metad of getting it. Fracking can produce oil for a cheaper price and create jobs but the damages it does to the earth is worse than having cheaper oil. Fracking causes the earth to have earthquakes which the earth is not used to man made earthquakes.…
How Can We Know Fracking and Drilling are Safe? Fracking is injecting liquid, filled with chemicals and water, into the earth to reach oil or gas to then extract it. Fracking is controversial due to the fact that the earth, humans, and water supply is harmed in the process. Research has shown that fracking is not necessarily a safe process, but there are safer ways to complete the process.…
Hydraulic fracking can bring jobs and fortune to America. The industry has created over 2.1 million jobs across America and the potential is estimated well over 4 million. This is just a preview of the possible benefits developed with hydraulic fracturing. (Casselman) Cheap energy is attracting more manufacturing back to America. Technological improvements in the past two years have taken what was once a small, marginally profitable field and turned it into one of the fastest-growing industries in America.…
Water is also a lot cheaper then gas, and is renewable. If the companies go to solar panels they will not use gas in the job for the most part. This means there will be very small amounts of pollution released. This would benefit the earth’s ozone layer. This would be the best way to deal with fracking.…
Fracking is the process used to access natural gas that is trapped underground 1. Recently, fracking in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale has gained the attention of many environmentalists 1. Many energy corporations argue that the natural gas industry is not only important for the United States energy, but it is also a large contributor the U.S. economy 2. Environmentalists have made arguments that fracking is not a clean process because the actual process of fracking involved uses a large volume of water along with sand and chemicals 3. A result of this process is contamination of groundwater; this is raising concerns for many environmentalists and the Environmental Protection Agency because it is harmful for public health3.…
While there has been disagreement over fracking, fracking is very vital to the United States. The need for natural gas in the United States is increasing, so the country needs to produce more of it own energy. If the country produces more of its own energy, America does not have to send soldiers to defend oil fields. (Beyond oil) Fracking also provides huge job opportunities and funds the United States.…
I am originally from a small rural community in Ohio which has poor regulation on the air and water quality which humans depend on to sustain life. Throughout the city, hydraulic fracking has become a common method to obtain energy. This method of obtaining energy is misconceptualized to be a cleaner alternative to oil and coal, however, with a first hand on experience with living in this area allows me to witness otherwise. This city is known as Youngstown, Ohio.…
The United States of America should ban the practice of fracking. Although fracking has decreased the cost of natural gas in the country and would even provide over 600,000 new jobs which would decrease the unemployment rate, it is still not save for the American people. Yes, there are so many arguments that could be made in order to allow Oil and gas industries to engage in fracking, but what benefits would this be to people when most people end up dead? According to the scientific journal, “Geology” injecting pressurized fracking fluids between rocks can cause a shift in tectonic plates, which would result in earthquakes. The biggest earthquake ever in Oklahoma, was caused by fracking.…
Problems that Require these Polices There are many problems that has led to our current policies on fracking, which include the growth of the United States and its dependency on foreign oil has caused transformations in our technological innovations within the oil and gas industries. There are other areas which are more concerning, for instance, the regulations regarding fracking is that they are over thirty years old. Regulations vary from state to state, and the government has simply put failed to take a leadership role in the matter and has left some very unresolved concerns for public safety. These concerns are over the environmental impact caused by fracking. Environmentalist fear that humans and the wildlife are endanger caused by fracking contaminating surrounding water supplies (Davenport, 2015).…