making a difference in our economic system‚ means poisoning our Great Lakes‚ killing off the future‚ and not giving children the benefit of the doubt if that were done to the people of the states. Fracking‚ also known as hydraulic fracturing‚ fracking‚ and fracture stimulation‚ is shale gas drilling companies come to an area‚ buy up drilling rights from landowners‚ cut new roads and raze patches of land formerly undisturbed natural environments‚ cart in and out tens of millions of gallons of water and
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Hydraulic Fracturing: An Inconvenient Truth Carolyn Yanoti and Florian Muller I6068325‚ I6078618 December 5‚ 2013 Workshop Paper Assignment Final Version Professor Julia Quartz As America looks to find the best source of energy at hand domestically‚ the use of hydraulic fracturing proves to be the best response. Hydraulic fracturing is more commonly known as fracking‚ is the process where natural gas is extracted from shale rock areas deep within the earth. In the
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Hydraulic fracturing is a water-intensive industrial process that drillers use to collect the natural gas held in shale formations. Shale gas has become an increasingly important energy resource in the U.S. Fracking fluid contains water‚ salt‚ sand‚ and hazardous industrial chemicals. This fluid is injected at high pressure underground into geologic formations. The salty water‚ sand‚ and chemical mixture forces natural gas up through the well bore to the surface for collection through pipelines.
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-- Hydraluic 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
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Hydraulic fracturing is when a hole or "well" is drilled deep into the ground‚ in an effort to extract valuable natural gas reserves which exist beneath the surface. The process of constructing a hydraulic fracturing well includes drilling into the Earth--first vertically and then horizontally‚ then lining the well with a two-terminal tube with one terminal that is filled with water while the other pipes the recovered natural gases up above ground (Withgott & Laposata‚ 2014). In order to exhume the
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July 15‚ 2013 Hydraulic Fracturing- Safe or Not When visiting family in Pennsylvania a couple of years back‚ I heard a new term called “fracking.” The towns were all a buzz about this new way to tap into Pennsylvania’s newest resource‚ natural gas. What I noticed was‚ a beautiful picturesque countryside being torn up. I saw trucks hauling water and equipment‚ traveling up and down small country roads. Farms that had been in family’s for generations being sold off or leased to gas companies. A new
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Ethics of Hydraulic Fracturing Final Persuasive Christian Childs 3025 December 13‚ 2011 Jona-Lee Luna Large gas companies have been wreaking havoc on Midwestern United States. These companies’ practices of hydraulic fracturing have been very detrimental to the local populace. Hydraulic fracturing has been known to damage the environment through earthquakes and gas spills. In addition‚ it has been said that these companies have certain law exemptions that only they enjoy. These unsafe
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Gasland‚ by Josh Fox‚ a Strong Argument against Hydraulic Fracturing Gasland‚ a documentary by Josh Fox‚ details the dangers of hydraulic fracturing. The film starts when Fox receives an offer from a gas company to rent his land and drill for natural gas. He travels across the United States investigating the affects in places where fracturing has is already established. Fox provides a strong argument that hydraulic fracturing is a danger to the environment and residents where the drilling occurs
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In 1947‚ the Stanolind Oil Company in Kansas first introduced hydraulic fracturing‚ more commonly known today as “hydrofracking” or simply “fracking.” It is a process of obtaining natural gas from a mixture of large amounts of water and small amounts of sand and chemicals that are pumped into a drilled gas well under very high pressure. According to the Institute of Energy and Environmental Research‚ fracturing methods and its materials may vary from well to well‚ but each well is usually fractured
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Danielle Myers12-1 Hydraulic fracturing(also known as fracking) is a highly controversial topic to those that keep up with current government issues. Although many people believe that fracking is malicious‚ it is potentially one of the greatest ideas for America‚ and could end our distress very quickly. The only negative responses to fracking are coming from relatively uninformed people. Fracking has both environmental and economic advantages. Many people are uninformed about fracking. Some
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