Fracking is a process is the process which uses mixtures of water‚ sand‚ and other fluids. Which the fluids are put into the ground under high pressure which cause fractures in the rocks. When the fractures are caused they release the gases that are being mined for. The main reason why fracking is used is to mine for natural gases. Fracking is where 40-56% of the natural gases come from. http://www.what-is-fracking.com/what-is-hydraulic-fracturing/ Fracking isn’t the best type of mining because
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Ethics of Fracking On April twentieth‚ 2010 one of the biggest tragedies in the Gulf of Mexico occurred. This disaster was not a hurricane or any other natural disaster‚ it was an oil drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana. The rig exploded‚ claiming eleven lives and acting as a catalyst for the largest oil spill in history. This catastrophes fault was laid upon BP‚ or British Petroleum‚ who owned the oil rig but the fault also lies upon government regulators‚ inspectors and engineers‚ all the
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Hydraulic fracturing‚ or fracking‚ is defined as “the process of injecting liquid at high pressure into subterranean rocks‚ boreholes‚ etc.‚ so as to force open existing fissures and extract oil or gas.” It consists of a well that is drilled miles deep that contains chemicals‚ additives‚ and sand‚ but mostly just large amounts of plain water. Once the rock is cracked from the pressure of the fluids‚ the natural gas comes back up the well‚ with millions of gallons of contaminants and chemicals.
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water hose? All because of the dangers and risks you run whenever being in contact with water. Now why would your water be dangerous? Well because there is this thing that we call Hydraulic fracturing‚ or “fracking” for short. Fracking has its advantages but the risks outweigh the benefits. Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. Water‚ sand and chemicals are injected into the rock at high pressure
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Hydraulic Fracturing (“Fracking”) LAS 432 – Technology‚ Society‚ and Culture Team B Michael Griffin Mark Hartwick Alena Hutson Kansas Gentry Kevin Gracia Professor Douglas McCoy 8/24/12 Contents Thesis…………………………………………………………………………………Page 3 Abstract……………………………………………………………………………….Page 3 Hydraulic Fracturing Description…………………………………………………….Page 4 History of Fracking.....................……………………………………………………..Page 5 Cultural Context………………………………………………………………………Page
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The Foulness of Fracking Imagine waking up in the middle of the night and wanting a glass of water‚ you go to the tap and instead of fresh clean water you get yellow‚ cloudy‚ oily water that smells of chemicals. Would you drink it? Those that live near natural gas hydro-fractured wells have had to ask themselves that question. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking‚ as it’s commonly called‚ is a process of extracting natural gas from deep within the earth’s surface by drilling. Once a well is drilled
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Crystal Saldana Engl101C Essay #3 Problemization Professor Logan The Problem Regarding the Welfare System I do believe people should have to work or get an education while receiving benefits. Nobody should get to get a ’free ride ’ through life! Nobody pays my way through life. I have to work for what I get. That quote is the word of a twenty-two year-old female who holds down a full-time job‚ pays rent‚ and taxes. Some‚ like her‚ may feel contempt toward welfare recipients who do not work
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Fracking has been a big deal lately. Fracking is a technique to get oil and gas out of the ground but it means they have to put a pipe in the ground then send water‚sand and many other chemicals through the pipe at high-pressure. From all the pressure it makes cracks in the ground bringing up gas and oil. Even if there’s many benefits from fracking there’s many disadvantages to. My claim on this problem is that we should stop the process of fracking. My opponents say Fracking should stay since it
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The Effects of Fracking What is Fracking? Fracking‚ also referred to as fracturing or drilling‚ is the process of drilling 5‚000 to 20‚000 feet into the earth and applying hydraulic pressure to the surrounding area until it cracks. The target area for oil and gas drilling companies is in the shale‚ a soft layer of sedimentary rock broken apart by using a mixture of 98% water and 2% chemicals. These chemicals range from household cleansers to toxic chemicals‚ and is added to nearly 4 million gallons
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Hydraulic fracturing‚ otherwise known as fracking‚ is a technique used to stimulate the production of oil or gas. While fracking has aided in the plumpting of gas prices across the United States‚ it unfortunately causes serious health and environmental issues. Contaminated water‚ contaminated soil‚ polluted air‚ exposure to toxic chemicals and long term health effects. Fracking brings more harm than good. Fracking is accomplished when a well with veins (small branching off pathways)‚ is drilled
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