believe that fracking causes earthquakes. I believe that fracking does not cause earthquakes at all. Due to the research I have found‚ the articles have changed my opinion. I previously thought fracking caused earthquakes. Let me tell you the facts that could prove fracking does not cause earthquakes. The main cause of the increase in earthquakes in the central United States is due to the use of wastewater disposal. Wastewater disposal uses a lot more than fracking. When fracking occurs it is
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The Good‚ Bad and Ugly of Fracking There is a gold rush going on right now. Man is breaking the earth‚ looking for natural gas. It’s a mad scene‚ with hucksters on every side of the issue. There is a lot going on underground and that process is called Fracking. The word alone can stir up controversy. The process of extracting natural gas through hydraulic fracturing or “fracking‚” might summon in someone’s imagination an environment and damaged communities. Natural gas hides from sight it is invisible
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Since the 1990’s‚ modern day fracking has been a technique used to extract natural gas from shale‚ tight sandstone and coal beds. This is done first drilling a deep hole into the rock and then injecting a mixture of water‚ sand and chemicals and blasting them into the rock formations under very high pressure. This process produces an abundance of natural gas that could power homes and businesses for many years. Although some people believe that hydraulic fracturing causes environmental harm and costs
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to see if the risk is worth the reward and if the environmental impacts it could impede on the local area. This could include local water supplies. A good example of this is fracking. Fracking includes blasting huge amounts of water and chemicals into the ground to access valuable oil and natural gas (Pros and Cons of Fracking 2014). With the increased movement of hybrid cars and better fuel mileage in vehicles in general‚ interrupting the ground water for a non-substantial resource doesn’t seem like
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concern grows over the environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing‚ implementing policy that protects people and their environment from these potential dangers becomes an essential piece of the renewable energy picture. Hydraulic fracturing‚ or fracking‚ is the technique of extracting oil and natural gas trapped under ground by injecting a mixture of water‚ sand‚ and chemicals into the earth with enough pressure to fracture the rock-bed‚ and allow the oil and gas to be collected [1]. Natural
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been searching for new ways to obtain an alternate source of energy. During the 1940’s‚ Hydraulic fracking (hydrofracking) or horizontal well drilling became the method of choice for obtaining natural gas. According to the 2010‚ report Fueling North America’s Energy
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for energy development.[Hydro-fracking is different from conventional natural gas drilling because it uses a lot more water (billions of gallons). There’s an increased potential for toxicity and long term impacts in hydro-fracking as well. It also has several environemental impacts‚ including habitat disturbance and water contamination. These are all new components‚ which differ from the original horizontal drilling of gas. These new factors‚ emerging from hyrdro-fracking‚ has been an on going contraversy
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future‚ but we are relying on them too much and it’s threatening out world. Try to imagine yourself and your life without resources‚ no oil‚ plastic‚ wood‚ etc.‚ what could you survive without? Reading the articles‚ “The Curse of Water Bottles” and “Fracking Threatens Everyone” we see just which resources aren’t completely necessary. Certain resources had a period where they were the rise of mankind‚ but to this day they are the cause of the falling of mankind. For starters‚ looking at “The Curse of
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Hydraulic Fracking is a hot topic these days within the media of Ohio and locals of Licking County‚ Ohio. What issues and risk do we seem to currently need to be aware of? Could properties of local residents be affected and what step(s) are we taking to insure a brighter future for Ohio? Fracking‚ also known as‚ hydraulic fracturing is the idea of using hydraulic pumps mixed with water‚ sand‚ and chemicals to break rocks apart at high pressures which then will release gasses. The chemicals used
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The environmentalist/anti fracking point of view shown in the documentary “Gasland” is a very informative‚ and important documentary that people everywhere should watch. The narrator‚ Josh Fox offers several valid and intelligent points about the possible dangers of fracking‚ and the many chemicals used in it. However‚ Fox is a very biased narrator‚ and at several points offers invalid evidence. For example‚ Fox attempts to instill fear in the viewer‚ in his controversial scene‚ detailing the many
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