Fracking is a fairly new method of extracting natural gas. Fracking can be defined as a method to remove natural gas from the ground. Another way to describe fracking also known as hydraulic fracturing is the process of creating fissures in underground formations to allow natural gas to flow (Natural Gas Extraction – Hydraulic Fracturing | US EPA). This allows the gasses to leak through the cracks to be effectively captured and stored for use. The process for fracking is as follows: First they begin
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Running head: FRACKING AND THE ENVIRONMENT The Effects of Hydraulic Fracturing and the Potential for Solutions Mark Hatcher ITT Technical Institute Full of beauty and bounty‚ for all who seek it‚ the dream of that new discovery or the find of a lifetime‚ awaits us whose desire is to have the plan that will fulfill a destiny‚ if we only work together and are determined to rise above the challenges to meet the aspiration. Those who believe and are willing to reach beyond normal capacity are
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The Controversial Process of Fracking: A focus on the Karoo: Lauren Bennett (g12b1123) The process of hydraulic fracking involves sand and specially treated water (with chemicals)‚ being blasted down on to rock crevices‚ at extremely high pressures.1 This is done in order to literally open the rock up‚ thereby releasing the natural gas that is present in them. This process‚ however‚ has recently become more intense. As a means to be able to drill in to the rock a great deal
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The central argument of the film is that there is a risk caused by contaminated drinking water from ground water sources which tends to be a result of hydraulic fracking. All water is connected so if an individual or company pollutes an area where the water is‚ the water will inevitably become polluted over time as well. This argument is effective mostly due to the fact that the film showed that the government and large cooperations were getting away with being responsible for causing health concerns
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their concerns. Since fracking has been around since the 1940s‚ jobs have employed many people. Amazingly‚ fossil fuels are an abundant source‚ so it is cheap and readily available. For instance‚ the production of natural gas has risen from 14% in 2009 to 47% in 2013‚ which is a dramatic increase in a 4 year time period. However‚ since the leak off of the water from fracking sites get infected‚ they head to other sources of water‚ and infect human drinking water. The fracking industry has brought
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protection against the gas industry. Hydraulic fracturing is the process by which natural gas is extracted from the earth’s shales. The process begins with drilling through several layers of the earth‚ like the freshwater aquifer. Next‚ water with “fracking fluid” is injected into the drilled area to crack the shale. This water comes back up to the surface and is put into a pit to evaporate. The natural gas flows up‚ and is then stored. The process is simple enough‚ but so are the consequences. Hydraulic
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In “The Fracking Truth‚” Chris Faulkner argues that fracking has almost no consequences. Perhaps the strongest argument that Faulkner gives for this claim relies on three claims that (1) subsurface contamination from fracking is almost impossible‚ (2) low concentrations of any harmful chemicals used in fracking would be negligible and (3) earthquake activity caused by fracking are nearly moderate to small. In this paper‚ I will argue that this argument fails because there are many consequences of
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evidence to support my thesis will be to give examples of equipment failure that has lead to spills during hydraulic fracking. Hear I will show evidence that equipment failure is one of the leading causes of spills. I will show that future spills can be greatly reduced with strict regulations on what equipment is used. This will show that spills are not necessarily inherent to the fracking process‚ but is the result of bad regulations regarding equipment. Evidence to support this argument will come
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pose a threat either underground or when waste fluids are handled and sometimes spilled on the surface. The natural gas industry defends hydraulic fracturing‚ better known as fracking‚ as safe and efficient. Thomas J. Pyle‚ president of the Institute for Energy Research‚ a pro-industry non-profit organization‚ claims fracking has been “a widely deployed as safe extraction technique‚” dating back to 1949. What he doesn’t say is that until recently energy companies had used low-pressure methods to extract
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Gianpaolo Uribe Mrs. Holt English 2 Honors 13 November 2014 Hydraulic Fracking in the United States Throughout the great American novel economic growth has been successfully cultivated by a wave of innovation‚ fueled by technological revolution while aided by a functional economic agenda and a healthy financial sector. Inventions like the steam engine‚ cotton gin‚ telegraph‚ assembly line‚ and the internet. These have all led to incredible economic growth and have created and revolutionized entire
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