When watching the documentary "Gasland" by Josh Fox , I have had no prior knowledge of what Fracking truly was. I have to say though as this documentary was in full swing I couldn't keep my eyes off the screen. As I couldn’t believe after watching this film what fracking was. I thought fracking was insanely harmful to not only animals , humans and the property they both live on as well. It did two very different things when it came to animals and humans. When it comes to the animals they were the ones that had no choose but to drink it so they were not only dying because of it but they also had hair lose, and are unable to eat be as well. This is terrible for the farmers cause they now cannot breed this cow or this pig , they now cannot…
Hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at high pressures in order to release natural gas from shale rocks by fracturing them. It takes an abundance of resources to create just one fracking well. Each gas well needs on average four hundred tanker trucks to carry water and supplies to the site. Fracking uses a great deal of water. Each fracturing job requires one to eight million gallons of water to complete it. Hydraulic fracturing has a huge effect on the environment primarily due to all the harmful chemicals used in the process. Some people don't want to ban fracking because it reduces imports of natural gas to america and it creates jobs, but many of these workers are being injured from working on the fracking site. In addition to poisoning its workers and the environment fracking is actually more expensive than traditional drilling.…
Thesis: There is major debate both for and against using the fracking method to extract natural gas from the ground, but I propose that the federal government establish, monitor, and regulate environmental and health risks, and then create a minimum standard which the states are required to follow. Background: In the 1940’s the Halliburton Corporation developed a process to revitalize well production and prolong the life of wells nearing the end of their production cycle. The fracturing process, called “fracking”, pumps a mixture of water and sand, along with some chemical additives, at high pressures to create additional fractures in the sedimentary rock.…
Hydraulic Fracturing or fracking was first introduced in 1940s and has then been a key provider of natural gas and oil worldwide. Despite its expansion and customary use, fracking still poses many health and environmental concerns. During fracking, pressurized liquids are injected into drilled wells, which cause the surrounding rock to crack open allowing gas and oil flow through the fissures. Millions of gallons of water are used and a similarly large volume of waste water is generated. Most of the water is never restored and the stored waste water and fracking fluid can adversely affect the animals and vegetation around it. Along with the water, other chemicals are injected into the ground as far as 10,000 feet below the surface and enter groundwater, polluting drinking sources for many. Fracking may be a key provider of oil but this expensive, polluting, low energy-return process is not worth the loss of wildlife habitat, natural land and innumerable water resources.…
Have you ever wondered how powerful a bunch of people are when they all agree on one thing? Native Americans all around the world continued to camp out near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota during the cold weather. Citizens of the Standing Rock Sioux and other Natives and even people against the pipeline “set up the Sacred Stone Camp in April to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline” (Halpert). The Main problem with the Dakota Access Pipeline is that it has a very high risk of water contamination, and it would threaten nearby sacred burial sites…
The controversial methods and actions of oil companies to extract/transport their products, such as fracking, have to be banned and prevented immediately and companies must find more efficient and environmentally-friendly ways to extract/transport these natural resources in order to keep the environment safe.…
With the process of fracking using thousands upon thousands of gallons of water, we can run the risk of polluting the water table below our home area. There are issues with property being de-valued because of “mandatory pooling” (nofrackohio.com). One could assume that no one wants to have a huge pool of hydraulic fracking waste sitting about their land and potentially being the reason for ruining the wells and creeks nearby. What about the animals? I am sure if the creeks and creek beds are affected, then the life of the animals there must be devastated as…
Now this all sounds very nice, but fracking is one of the most debated topics recently out of following reasons: It takes an immense amounts of water, it poses the…
The modern environmental justice movement began in the mid- 20th century, when the country realized that the environment needed help. This movement throughout the last several decades has evolved from protecting woodland areas from deforestation to protection against the gas industry. Hydraulic fracturing is the process by which natural gas is extracted from the earth’s shales. The process begins with drilling through several layers of the earth, like the freshwater aquifer. Next, water with “fracking fluid” is injected into the drilled area to crack the shale. This water comes back up to the surface and is put into a pit to evaporate. The natural gas flows up, and is then stored. The process is simple enough, but so are the consequences. Hydraulic fracturing has detrimental environmental consequences and should be banned.…
One good effect that fracking has had and Gold noted, is that fracking has significantly improved our economy by creating more jobs for people. For many years our economy had suffered with plummeting unemployment rates, but about 10 years ago when fracking came about it was like a savior had come because fracking provided more jobs and in turn lowered the unemployment rate. In some ways fracking is a better alternative for the environment. Burning coal is very hazardous to the environment because of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. Fracking does not produce CO2 emissions because it is natural gas that is being produced and thus it is technically cleaner…
Despite nations across the world placing restrictions on fracking, or banning the process altogether, the increase in human induced hydraulic fracking as we have seen in recent years in the search for cleaner forms of energy may cause even greater environmental…
In the UK, the government wants to limit the emission of carbon dioxide, but also to increase the amount of energy that comes from renewable resources. Union targets say that by the year 2020, 20 percent – which is an average figure for the EU – of energy must come from renewable resources like wind and biomass.…
Fracking occurs when “water wells become plugged up with sand and other minerals. A machine is brought in to inject water into the well at extreme pressure to blow out the tiny cracks and fissures in the rock through which the water flow.” (Fracking Threatens Everyone) Completely harmless. Or so it seemed at that time. Today dealing with increased pollution, it contaminated this ‘wonderful’ thing. “Fracking injects large quantities of water under great pressure with sand and many toxic chemicals mixed in. Many of these are can cause cancer…Unfortunately, when fracking goes wrong, sources of drinking water ca be ruined and all different types of pollution can happen in a second.” (Fracking Threatens Everyone) Just like that, in a blink of an eye, something wonderful was turned around and causes more problems than we can…
A controversial new method of extracting natural gas from the earth has become a danger for Americans. This method is called Hydraulic Fracturing, or Fracking. This drilling has made it possible to retrieve methane gas trapped in the shale rock that lays thousands of feet below the ground. For some, fracking can be seen as a good thing for our country. Fracking is boosting the nation’s economy, creating jobs and energy export opportunities, and strengthening the energy independence of the United States. Although it may help in some aspects, it comes at a very high cost to the American people. Fracking is extremely harmful to the water supply, the environment, and the population.…
Because liberals are an autoimmune disease that want this country to fail at any possible costs. It shouldn't be, fracking doesn't do anything with the water, studies have proven that, plus "Green cars" actually leave a bigger biological footprint. It shouldn't. Low information people are scared because they are being lied to. Because coal miners don't like it. Power plant companies are making a transition from coal to natural gas due to fracking, and we're putting less pollution in the air these days. Guarantee you coal miners will be behind funding any "ban fracking" campaigns. It shouldn't. People believe that it pollutes our water reserves underground. However, they do not understand that we have been fracking for years without much pollution being done to the water and we've only improved upon our methods of fracking, causing less pollution than before. Fracking is cost effective. Banning fracking would only increase costs. The only people who want it banned are the Saudis and people who believe their lies. Perhaps they're lying because they don't have any interests if we start more oil production in the U.S. Anyone who thinks that you can contain high pressure fluid that is DESIGNED to fracture rock...... with a concrete well casing..... has never taken a physics class in their entire life. Because places like North Dakota and Oklahoma typically don't get 4.5 magnitude earthquakes! I am NOT a tree hugging liberal, but I've read enough about "fracking" to know that it makes the ground VERY unstable. Removing anything from the ground in mass quantities, whether it's rock, minerals, or gas, leaves cavities and weakness. This explains the loud "booms" many experienced in the northern midwest. No major fault lines in Oklahoma, so how else can you explain it. Because it poisons everything around it. If you are truly interested look up LINK TV and watch their programs on fracking. It is absolutely the worst thing that can happen to…