Cindy Hoang-Tran Professor Ducat English 101 13 Dec 2012 Gas Fracking Natural gas is extremely useful in our lives. We need natural gases to heat our houses and use microwave ovens‚ conventional ovens and stovetops. Because the economy currently isn’t well off – and hasn’t been recently – natural gases are now in higher demand for cheaper prices. Oil and gas drilling facilities are now making it possible for natural gases to be sold at extremely cheap prices and accessible amounts through the
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Fracking for Natural Gas—Legal‚ Political‚ Environmental and Ethical Issues Daniela Vega‚ Ebony Daughtry‚ Ericka Koussi‚ Frederick Gibbs & Paul Payway This paper is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Business Ethics BUS 5933 49 Texas Woman’s University School of Management Professor H. Guy Smith December 9‚ 2012 Table of Contents |Introduction....................................................................................................
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Fracking for Natural Gas In today’s global fight for the growing demand of energy and promotion of saving energy‚ fracking has become very controversial. The dangers to our society and health are at the forefront in conducting safer practices. To obtain the natural gas‚ fracking or hydraulic fracking must be conducted. Hoffman (2015) explained‚ “Hydrofracking is a controversial oil and gas extraction technique developed in the late 1940s to gain access to fossil energy deposits previously inaccessible
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What’s the Fracking Problem? W hy does everyone care so much about natural gas? Why is it such an essential part of modern culture? Sure‚ it’s an exciting and up and coming technology‚ which is fuel for the technological generation that we’ve grown up in‚ but we need to take a closer look to see the methods and impacts that could affect generations after us. Water is one of our important resources that were given to us by mother nature. We see water as a source for survival and many more advantages
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Senator Greg Ball‚ The current practice of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) began in America in the late 1990‘s and has been wreaking havoc on the land and the lives of the American people since. In case you are unaware‚ fracking is the process well diggers use to extract natural gas and oil from the earth. They use pressurized mixture of water‚ sand‚ and chemicals to form veins (or fractures) in the rock in order for the natural gas or oil to escape. Although this process is an affective way to
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Fracturing: Benefits of Shale Gas Fracking Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is a sixty-year-old industry; however‚ in recent years availability and innovative fracking processes have created a boom‚ rendering the U.S. economy less vulnerable to alarming oil prices. “In 2009‚ the United States finally outpaced Russia to become the world’s top natural gas producer” (Walker). And now the nation enjoys many benefits inclusive but not limited to lower fuel prices. When done well‚ fracking provides energy security
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energy called natural gas‚ found deep within the Earth’s crust. Commercials created by these companies state that natural gas is easy retrieve‚ cheap and clean burning. However‚ these commercials fail to explain that one of the processes of retrieving natural gas‚ or hydraulic fracturing‚ is extremely harmful to the environment. Hydraulic fracturing‚ or “fracking”‚ is the process of injecting millions of gallons of water into the ground to crack shale rock around a gas well. When the shale rocks
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Essay #2-Is Fracking Beneficial To Society Jordan Pasta GNED 1203-003 November 30th‚ 2012 Is Fracking Is Beneficial To Society The subject that I found most interesting during the course was our discussion on Fracking. Is it ultimately beneficial to the society we live in or has it destroyed our natural environment. These are the questions that need to be answered. I will try to determine some of the aspects that might make it potentially dangerous and yet potentially highly economical
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Fracturing Hydraulic fracturing‚ which is also known as fracking‚ is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to relase the natural gas inside. Many believe that fracking should be banned due to the cancerous chemicals that are injected into the shale rocks‚ which contaminates the water that we drink and runs into our homes. In the U.S.‚ there are more than 500‚000 active natural gas wells. Each of these wells requires 400 tanker tucks
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Fracking: Underneath the cracked shell Recently in the Coal State‚ aka Kentucky‚ a new way of getting oil has come. Fracking has become more and more popular in the US and in the world. Fracking consists of drilling‚ and cracking into the ground vertically and horizontally. This new method uses water pressure and thousands of chemicals to pump the oil to the surface of the land. As a resident in Kentucky‚ I leave around some empty land out in the country side. Recently‚ I heard about KGA (Kentucky
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