the advantages and disadvantages of fracking. For example: The resources that can be discovered by the use of fracking‚ but also the danger that it can have on a water supply. The purpose is to allow people to be as informed as possible if ever fronted with the decision of fracking Point of view: My point of view is that everyone should be informed going into this decision and that all positives and negatives should be weighed into making a decision about fracking. I don’t have a personal point of
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Fracking is short for hydraulic fracturing and is one of the most effective ways of extracting natural gas from the earth. It yeilds 300‚000 barrels of natural gas a day‚ but at the price of numerous environmental‚ safety‚ and health hazards. . It’s an extremely water-intensive process where millions of gallons of fluid – typically a mix of water‚ sand‚ and chemicals‚ including ones known to cause cancer‚ are injected underground at high pressure to fracture the rock surrounding an oil or gas well
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“Natural gas has an important role to play in the Northeast region and in our nation’s overall energy future.” Ed Rendell (NY Daily News). Fracking is a great way of getting natural gas; without fracking we wouldn’t have the gas need for energy like heating and power generation. Although Fracking makes pollution worse‚ it has many positive effects on people’s lives. Fracking is a way to get natural gas; natural gas is a cleaner source of energy. Another way fracking is good is it helps increase job
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Hydraulic Fracking Research Paper and Why the process of Fracking is bad for our environment Kimberly Ricker Park University Abstract This paper explores the hydraulic fracturing process‚ exactly what it is‚ what the fracturing process does to the earth and the surrounding environment in addition‚ to the consequences. Hydraulic fracturing is fracturing of rock by pressurization. This process by which oil and natural gas can be forced from the earth. The
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a. Description of fracking Fracking is often also called hydro fracking‚ hydraulic fracturing‚ shale oil or shale gas. This technology can be defined as the process of extraction of oil and gas by providing a of sand‚ water‚ and chemicals injected at high pressures vertically and horizontally to the bottom layer of rock in which oil and gas are trapped. Hillard Huntington et al.2013 Fracking was developed to get the remnants of oil contained in production wells‚ especially in old oil wells. This
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Dangers of Fracking People have been trying to get regulations on fracking for years now and some states will just not listen to the dangers to the drinking water that fracking brings. Using articles‚ political parties‚ and interest groups‚ this paper will explain the true dangers that fracking brings and why major regulations need to be put it place. Fracking‚ because it is a relatively new way to extract natural gas‚ is hardly regulated in the United States. Some say that there just isn’t enough
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You have probably come across the term ’fracking ’ in the news quite recently and perhaps wondered if the reality is as ugly as the word. There is an ever rising body of evidence‚ that there are inherent and unacceptably high environmental and health risks associated with coalbed methane and shale gas extraction - hydraulic fracturing (fracking). This is fast becoming a global issue happening in our own back gardens‚ it ’s contaminating our water supplies and tampering with mass food production
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Fracking Essay Hydraulic fracturing also known as “Fracking” is a process where gas and oils are being released from some underground formations that are too difficult to mine on. Fluid made up of 8 millimeters of water‚ a lot of sand and about 200‚000 liters of chemicals are inserted into a deeply drilled spot at a high pressure to break the shale rock and to release natural gases. The sand keeps the holes from closing and the chemicals compress the water‚ kill off bacteria and dissolve the minerals
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Hydraulic Fracturing “Fracking” a. Fracking History i. Who/How was hydraulic fracturing developed? 1. Why? ii. Different uses for Fracking 1. Oil Field 2. Natural Gas b. Fundamentals of Fracking i. What is fracking? 1. Detailed Information: How it works. ii. Efficiency iii. Necessity 1. Purpose
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Although there are some initial benefits to fracking‚ including more access to natural gas‚ more jobs‚ less dependence on other countries for gas and lower gas prices. What are the long term effects it will have? Is it worth the risk? Is this the new reality we are faced with or is there something that can be done before it is too late? These are just some of the issues I will discuss and address. However there
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