Fracking Advantages And Disadvantages
Fracking
Introduction
Fracking (hydraulic fracturing), a simple but revolutionary process, has changed the way of collecting natural resources after the propitious success in 1947. By injecting water, sand, and toxic chemical such as mercury and lead with high pressure into a wellbore, fractures smaller than 1mm will be created and a vast amount of formerly inaccessible hydrocarbon are now available for use and thus brought “U.S. to become one of the world 's top three oil producers”(Garder, US Reuters). On the other hand, this seemingly stupendous process with such salient features also bears another side – Hydraulic fracturing gives off numerous environmental risks such as contamination of ground water and surface air that can easily effect the public health. Facing all the advantages and disadvantages, one cannot truly determine the propriety of fracking if one does not fully understand the environmental, economic, legal, and political aspects of fracking.
First Body Paragraph (Environmental)
Water quality
The country 's push to find clean domestic energy has zeroed in on natural gas and the use of fracking process, but on the aspect of environment, the invention of hydraulic fracturing process rarely has any benefits or …show more content…
Hydraulic fracturing could help the upper New York State to create 62,000 jobs they desperately needed. But controversially, New York City is also the hometown of the liberal people. Artist and celebrity such as Lady Gaga has all shown their opposition to fracking from placard to music videos. A Siena poll showed that forty-five percent of New Yorkers against fracking and only thirty-seven New Yorkers supported fracking. This important division among the New Yorkers greatly affected the state governor election for Andrew Cuomo. Waiting for the completion of the studies on fracking, Andrew Cuomo’s presidential ambition is counted on
Introduction
Fracking (hydraulic fracturing), a simple but revolutionary process, has changed the way of collecting natural resources after the propitious success in 1947. By injecting water, sand, and toxic chemical such as mercury and lead with high pressure into a wellbore, fractures smaller than 1mm will be created and a vast amount of formerly inaccessible hydrocarbon are now available for use and thus brought “U.S. to become one of the world 's top three oil producers”(Garder, US Reuters). On the other hand, this seemingly stupendous process with such salient features also bears another side – Hydraulic fracturing gives off numerous environmental risks such as contamination of ground water and surface air that can easily effect the public health. Facing all the advantages and disadvantages, one cannot truly determine the propriety of fracking if one does not fully understand the environmental, economic, legal, and political aspects of fracking.
First Body Paragraph (Environmental)
Water quality
The country 's push to find clean domestic energy has zeroed in on natural gas and the use of fracking process, but on the aspect of environment, the invention of hydraulic fracturing process rarely has any benefits or …show more content…
Hydraulic fracturing could help the upper New York State to create 62,000 jobs they desperately needed. But controversially, New York City is also the hometown of the liberal people. Artist and celebrity such as Lady Gaga has all shown their opposition to fracking from placard to music videos. A Siena poll showed that forty-five percent of New Yorkers against fracking and only thirty-seven New Yorkers supported fracking. This important division among the New Yorkers greatly affected the state governor election for Andrew Cuomo. Waiting for the completion of the studies on fracking, Andrew Cuomo’s presidential ambition is counted on