debate. Although some scientists believe hydrogen fuel cells will improve the environment and rid the United States of their dependency upon other countries‚ others believe it will not benefit the economy but result in two giant steps back. While natural gas has had a direct negative effect on the Ozone Layer‚ scientists have found an element that allegedly causes no additional threat to global warming‚ hydrogen fuel cells. The negative effects that oil has had on the environment have been a major factor
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a. Description of fracking Fracking is often also called hydro fracking‚ hydraulic fracturing‚ shale oil or shale gas. This technology can be defined as the process of extraction of oil and gas by providing a of sand‚ water‚ and chemicals injected at high pressures vertically and horizontally to the bottom layer of rock in which oil and gas are trapped. Hillard Huntington et al.2013 Fracking was developed to get the remnants of oil contained in production wells‚ especially in old oil wells. This
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does that really look like? Potentially scraping EPA regulations that extend to the Clean Water Act‚ putting clean drinking water in danger (nationalgeographic).Even if the coal industry is restored it still will have to compete with natural gas. Hydraulic fracking has not only reduced the need for coal but is cheaper and easier to obtain than coal (sourcewatch). The decline of coal has more disastrous effects than just West Virginia‚ it affects the whole country. With power and coal plants shutting
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For methanol production‚ biomass is needed to produce the gas. If we become completely dependent on Methanol to power our cars‚ this means a herculean amount of food would be used to make gas. This would ultimately drive food prices up and there would be more stress on farmers to produce food. This would make it harder for people with little money to buy food and for farms
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Pros and Cons of Vaccination In 1796‚ Edward Jenner invented the first vaccine‚ which was for the smallpox virus. (Google timeline) Centuries later‚ we now have a very large amount of vaccines that have been created with the purpose of protecting the human race from infectious diseases. The question is‚ how effective are these vaccines? Are they more beneficial or harmful to us? Are they serving their purpose? Could a person survive in this world without ever being immunized? In this small research
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You have probably come across the term ’fracking ’ in the news quite recently and perhaps wondered if the reality is as ugly as the word. There is an ever rising body of evidence‚ that there are inherent and unacceptably high environmental and health risks associated with coalbed methane and shale gas extraction - hydraulic fracturing (fracking). This is fast becoming a global issue happening in our own back gardens‚ it ’s contaminating our water supplies and tampering with mass food production
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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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Fracking Essay Hydraulic fracturing also known as “Fracking” is a process where gas and oils are being released from some underground formations that are too difficult to mine on. Fluid made up of 8 millimeters of water‚ a lot of sand and about 200‚000 liters of chemicals are inserted into a deeply drilled spot at a high pressure to break the shale rock and to release natural gases. The sand keeps the holes from closing and the chemicals compress the water‚ kill off bacteria and dissolve the minerals
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Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power What’s nuclear power’s biggest advantage? It doesn’t depend on fossil fuels and isn’t affected by fluctuating oil and gas prices. Coal and natural gas power plants emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere‚ which contributes to climate change. With nuclear power plants‚ CO2 emissions are minimal. According to the Nuclear Energy Institute‚ the power produced by the world’s nuclear plants would normally produce 2 billion metric tons of CO2 per year if they depended on
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Does the person has a right to die? The pro side feel that the person has the right to exercise their rights. The pro of euthanasia or physician –assisted suicide feel that the person have ‚”the right of a competent ‚ terminally ill person to avoid excruciating pain and embrace a timely and dignified death bears the sanction of history and is implicit in the concept of ordered liberty” (top 10 pros and cons). The story in the top 10 pros and cons‚ states in their report that‚ “terminally ill
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