The current fracking industry should be completely banned due to the extreme waste of resources, the danger to the public, and the laws that fracking can be free from. To begin with, the fracking industry wastes more resources than it creates. Each site requires an estimate of 13,000 diesel truck trips, 5 acres per well pad, and 5 million gallons of fresh water per fracking cycle. The resources wasted by just one site is absolutely massive, causing water to be lost, acres to be completely covered, and more trucks for the site. Another problem is the danger fracking is to the public near these industries. One detailed study on fracking showed residents that lived near these sites reported having severe illnesses, dirty water, dead fish and livestock,
