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that the banks Joel fell into were made of natural conditions, the Thornton Quarry will not satisfy an artificial condition upon the land. Joel Cruz fell into Thornton Quarry, an area filled by rainwater and with earth banks made of limestone and shale. The was being used as a reservoir, “[B]odies of water . . . normally embody dangers that are readily apparent to everyone, even very young children.” Stark v. Lowe’s Companies, INC. (Ill. 1998). Bodies of water whether, man-made or natural, carry…

including natural gas and oil drilling also known as “fracking.” Scientists and many others define fracking as a way of extracting natural gas, which is mostly methane, from shale rock formations that are often deep underground. It involves pumping water, chemicals and usually sand underground at high pressure to fracture shale and release the gas trapped within to be collected back at the surface. The ethicality of fracking comes into question when research has shown high amounts of pollution…

denote lack of support. The word has also “become a linguistic weapon in the shale-gas culture wars” (Evenson 130). Another national survey then analyzed the response to a variation of the same test, except using the words “shale gas development” and “fracking” (Evenson 131). Again the terminology used invoked more negative responses towards “fracking,” while inducing a positive response to the more complex sounding “shale gas development.” The survey found that that support for the same idea,…

"1) identify a shale formation and drill a mile-deep well into the rock; 2) inject a mix of water, sand, and chemicals, known as fracking fluid, into the well at high pressure to break down the shale rock to release trapped natural gas (usually methane); and 3) relieve the pressure so the natural gas can be collected along with the waste water that must be…

extract methane mostly. Controversies are around the issue because of its many pros and cons. I believe that the cons outweigh the pros in the long run and fracking should be avoided. Hydrofracking is a way of extracting methane from rocks like shale. It uses chemicals and water under high pressure to crack these rocks that contain the wanted gas. Methane is a molecule with four hydrogens bonded to a carbon atom that can combust when combined with oxygen. There are two types of methane:…

“how will we ever have the amount of energy we demand”? Well there are many ways to satisfy our energy needs but hydraulic fracturing isn’t the one. Hydraulic fracturing is a technology used to get natural gas from deep underground by cracking the shale so that the gases can be released. However this is not the right way to get energy because it is bad for the environment and can be the cause of many health problems. Hydraulic fracturing contributes to climate change, pollutes drinking water…

Hydraulic fracturing has become a very popular issue in the United States. Hydraulic fracturing, referred to as fracking, is a process used by natural gas producers to fracture the shale rock below Earth’s surface to produce natural gas that was once thought unreachable. The boom of natural gas has brought jobs and it has also made almost dead communities flourish with people. Although it produces satisfactory results some people do not agree with the process. Fracking is a dirty process that…

All the mapping areas surrounding Dillon has the youngest unit of the Quaternary period, which is the alluvial sediment. Alluvium sediment is an unconsolidated deposit of clay, silt, sand and gravel as a result of stream flows in a river valley or delta. The unlithified deposits fill a basin and lump together to form ‘alluvial’ sediments. Other Quaternary depositions include talus and landslide. Talus occupies both Block Mountain and Timber Hill, while landslide only occupies Block Mountain.…

complex geologic setting. The topography that we see today is formed from erosion of the soft and not well-consolidated rocks. The oldest rocks found at The Badlands National Park are the Upper Cretaceous mudstones of the Pierre Shale (Graham, 2008). Overlying the Pierre Shale is the Fox Hills Formation, and overlying the Fox Hills Formation is the Tertiary White River Group. The White River Group contains a paleosol that are bright red. Overlying the Fox Hills Formation is the Chadron…

1.0 Introduction Richard J. Muller is an accomplished professor at the University of California at Berkeley with expertise in a variety of areas including: energy efficiency, conservation, solar power, and nuclear power. His book “Energy for Future Presidents” is an open monologue where Muller expresses his thoughts on the current state of energy sources and its potential in a growing world where the demand for energy is continually escalating. The need for this book stems from a lack of…