The movie Gaslands: Part II highlights the many problems with fracking for natural gas in the United States. It starts by showing the support of politicians and President Barack Obama himself. Gradually‚ the movie starts to show the wrongs that the oil companies are committing while fracking. The natural gas is so profitable that the injustice seems like a minor setback in the quest for the end results. Throughout the movie‚ it shows how families are affected‚ and just how spread out these families
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ooze out of the ground and into our cars. New advances in science and visualization technology have given us a process known as hydraulic fracturing. Also known as horizontal drilling‚ or fracking‚ these new techniques have caused a great controversy and sparked a public debate over the potential risks “fracking” could ensue on our environment. Despite the negative pictures environmental lobbyists have painted‚ hydraulic fracturing is essential for the future of America’s economy. Its main purpose
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and natural gas. Unlike conventional natural gas‚ which is in permeable rocks like sandstone‚ gas cannot flow through the shale. Therefore‚ just drilling a well isn’t enough to extract this gas. As a result of this‚ fracking or hydraulic fracturing is used. Shale gas production Fracking is a process that uses millions of gallons of water‚ sand and chemical that is pumped into the ground to break and fracture the rock and release gas [1]. The solution that is pumped is highly pressurized and therefore
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burning this fuel there are impact on the global warming the researcher investigate what is the problem with fossil fuel (Jet A1). As solve the fuel problem there are several alternatives have tested‚ that some of them are biofuel‚ Liquid Hydrogen‚ Fracking for Natural Gas and scher-Tropsch (F-T) fuels from fossil feedstocks. However to fund out the alternative fuel is sustainable .firstly defined term sustainability. There are numerous definitions for the word sustainable. White (2001‚ p.1) states
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In the documentary Gasland Josh Fox talked about how people’s properties were being invaded by fracking industries which is "hydraulic fracturing" which is drilling into the ground for natural gas as Josh Fox explained in this documentary. All of these people had been suffering with the water portion of it because with the oil drilling there water pipes were mixed in with the oil which there water faucets water came mixed with oil which meant that the water is not drinkable that’s why Fox went into
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visible the cover up that takes place about what’s really going on. This documentary shows the negative effects of hydraulic fracturing‚ otherwise known as fracking. Fracking is a process in which fluids made of water and 596 different chemicals is being blast 8000 feet into the ground‚ it is like a mini earthquake. Each fracking well needs fracking fluids‚ this fluid is made up of 1 to 7 million gallons of water‚ plus the chemicals. If workers decide to redo a well its another additional 1 to 7 million
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Unlocking Britain’s Shale Gas Potential Key Deliverables Identification of three shale gas delivery options Options appraisal and SWOT analysis Project strategy and rationale UK Energy Mix 2013 11% 2% UK Energy Mix 2013 38% 21% 28 % Coal Natural Gas Nuclear Renewables Other Potential benefits of UK shale gas development • Potential jobs created in the UK – 74‚000 • £1.1bn over a 25 year period for local communities • Lower wholesale energy costs that could total £17 billion between 2014
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Extreme Ice Survey and Climate Change 1) When James White said “this is one of those pivotal moments in human history‚ it is too important for us to continue to ignore it”‚ he was referring to something bad occurring and us humans not realizing it until it’s too late. Just like many other moments in history we don’t care about certain things unless it impacts us directly. Well global warming and climate change is real and that’s what he’s trying to get across. The climate of the planet is rising
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actions become inevitable‚ because time is constant‚ it never stops and water is a main source for life in general without it we would stop. The documentary Gasland tells a story about how government officials passed a law about the method of fracking the earths crust to reach the natural gas reserves that lay underneath large parts of the US. In theory‚ this was a safe and cheap way of producing gas to a growing US market. Over time the population around these production sites experienced contaminated
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North Dakota. We are highly skilled in hydraulic fracturing or fracking‚ which is a technique that is used to release oil and gas from rock formations. We are confident that we could use fracking safely to release oil and gas from sites in North Dakota. The ethical dilemma that stands in the way is fracking is closely linked to waste disposal. Millions of galloons of salty‚ chemical infused wastewater‚ know‚ as brine is part of fracking. Oil companies are dumping and spilling the waste onto the land
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