Although there are some initial benefits to fracking‚ including more access to natural gas‚ more jobs‚ less dependence on other countries for gas and lower gas prices. What are the long term effects it will have? Is it worth the risk? Is this the new reality we are faced with or is there something that can be done before it is too late? These are just some of the issues I will discuss and address. However there
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The Bigger Picture of Fracking Reflection Katrina Iroegbu BADM 328 Professor Watts October 10‚ 2012 Abstract In recent times‚ hydraulic fracturing‚ “fracking” has been questioned as to its positive affects in the American society. Instead of purchasing natural resources from other countries‚ America wanted to produce their own natural resources‚ thus‚ the term fracturing came into existence. With this in mind‚ jobs are created‚ cleaner gas is in the ozone‚ money is saved for the countries
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The Cons of Fracking There is a new environmental concern on the horizon and it is something we need to pay attention to. Namely‚ hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracking. Energy companies use hydrofracking to extract natural gas from the ground. For those that are not familiar with hydrofracking‚ a brief explanation is necessary. Hydraulic fracturing is a feat of engineering that allows us to extract natural gas from the deep layer of rock it is trapped in (Mooney‚ C. 2011). So is hydrofracking
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Cindy Hoang-Tran Professor Ducat English 101 13 Dec 2012 Gas Fracking Natural gas is extremely useful in our lives. We need natural gases to heat our houses and use microwave ovens‚ conventional ovens and stovetops. Because the economy currently isn’t well off – and hasn’t been recently – natural gases are now in higher demand for cheaper prices. Oil and gas drilling facilities are now making it possible for natural gases to be sold at extremely cheap prices and accessible amounts through the
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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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