Hydraulic fracturing

However, proponents forget to mention the toxic chemicals used in hydraulic fracking and drilling. Proponents say the fracking fluid is mainly water, but this is questionable as congress has hidden many trace chemicals (Bergeron). The government wouldn’t have to hide these chemicals from public view if the chemicals were…

Hydraulic fracturing, also know as “fracking” is something you may not have heard of in Canada or Niagara to be precise although in the states this is more popular. Fracking is the process of drilling into the earth before shooting a high pressure water mixture into the hole to crack the rock which releases natural gases for gas companies to collect. This process is very bad for the environment and needs to be looked after. Fracking leads to air pollution, water contamination and seismic…

last 8 years. By 2030, the Obama-Clinton energy restrictions will eliminate another half a million manufacturing jobs, reduce economic output by $2.5 trillion, and reduce incomes by $7,000 per person. 2.Support coal production, support safe hydraulic fracturing, allow energy production on federal lands in appropriate areas and open up vast areas of the country’s offshore energy resources for safe production. 3.Lifting unnecessary restrictions on all sources of American energy such as coal…

Unlike coal, however, natural gas is dangerous because of the method of extraction, and not the actual burning. This is because natural gas is acquired through a process called hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, where a shaft is dug into the ground thousands of feet deep. Once the shaft is made, a water and chemical mixture along with sand is added to break the bedrock and allow the gas or oil trapped inside to escape.…

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…

FrackNation is a documentary produced by Phelim McAleer. Phelim aims to address what the filmmakers say is the wrong information about the process of hydraulic fracturing when drilling for oil in the ground, commonly called fracking. The film looks at many different ways that fracking for natural gas, oil, and other minerals in the ground occurs and tries to address the concerns surrounding the process that were said to be happening in the anti-fracking film Gasland. Gasland was made by Josh Fox…

Hydraulic fracturing has been around for several years as a controversial topic. Fracking is a controversial topic, because of how it might impact the environment, and the pros/cons of it. Many people think fracking is good, because of all the jobs it has created, and the money it has brought in to the economy. Others think fracking is bad, because of the pollution. In this paper, I plan to talk about why fracking is such a hot topic, what kind of problem is it, and how it works. I will also…

Fracking has large impact on daily life for global consumers, it effects prices and availability of fuels for consumers. Fracking is an exceptionally complicated process. To start the process, a ten thousand foot well is drilled below the surface into shale layers. Next, 1 to 8 million gallons of water mixed with chemicals are injected into the well at extremely high pressures to crack the rock. This will allow the product to flow out once the water is mostly removed. This process is highly…

In Texas there have been many protests against new fracking, especially in the Denton county where they had a majority vote to not allow hydraulic fracking in their area, while other locals were being arrested for not leaving planned fracking sites (Pantsios). Another concern for Denton county is the rise in breast cancer in a specific area where drilling is very prevalent (Pantsios). In Oklahoma…

Fracking or Hydraulic fracking, is the process of injecting high pressure of water into the ground to destroy rocks known as shale rocks in order to get oil and natural gas. Fracking is a fairly simple process but has several steps involved. Before oil companies can start drilling into the ground they have to find these areas known as shale areas or tight rock formation. Once they find one of these areas, they start to drill into the ground for about a mile. After the drill has gone down for…