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 which allows the gas to flow out to the head of the well. Methanol‚ BTEX compounds‚ Diesel fuel‚ Lead
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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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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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forum member Zoe illustrates beautifully below. In her list of pros and cons‚ Zoe stands back and takes a critical look at her old smoking habit. A powerful exercise in stepping out from behind the smoke screen that nicotine addiction forces us to live behind‚ a pros and cons list allows us to uncover the truth about our relationship with smoking. From there‚ the work of healing can begin ... as it did for Zoe. The Pros and Cons of Cigarette Smoking From Zoe: I made a list of what I liked
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Issue Paper 07/31/12 Biofuels: The Pros and Cons A hot topic all over the world today is whether or not biofuels should be implemented to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Biofuels are defined as “liquid fuels derived from biological materials; can be made from plants‚ vegetable oils‚ forest products‚ or waste materials” (Dale‚ Kline‚ Wiens‚ 2). Currently in Europe‚ the European Commission (EC) is committed to reducing the total green house gas emissions 20% by 2020‚ and 80-95% by 2050
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To begin with‚ Fracking is incredibly repulsing thing to start doing. Not only is it an atrocious way to get materials‚ ruins the environment‚ displaces animals‚ slims down food supply‚ and causes mountains to look revaluating. Honestly why would someone in their right mind want to do this? First‚ “while supporters of fracking talk about cheap energy it provides‚ they don’t mention its real cost.” (Salmon City Post 35). Although fracking makes the cost of energy go down it causes a lot more bad
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Is Fracking Safe? February 3‚ 2012 Is Fracking Safe Safe natural gas fracturing or “fracking” is on the rise and our country is benefiting from in on several levels. From meeting energy needs to creating jobs and helping the economy‚ natural gas is an invisible miracle. Many precautions are taken during the fracking process in order to ensure it is safe as possible. Natural gas is something I work around every day due
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Pros and Cons Nuclear safety is very important for many reasons. One being radiation poisoning‚ which is a risk that Chernobyl showed in 1986‚ when the reactor failed. Chernobyl was a nuclear power plat which blew one of its reactors on April 26‚ 1986. The explosion blew radioactive particles all over the Ukraine and the surrounding countries. “Nuclear energy is energy that is produced when atom change.” (Stoyles‚ Pennie P.6) This same process can be used for building something up or tearing things
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Hydraulic Fracking Is it the “New Wave” of our Future? Hydraulic fracturing‚ also known as “fracking” is responsible for the historic boom in production of domestic gas and oil. Over the past few years‚ advances in fracking creates fractures that extend from wells into oil and gas formations by pumping highly-pressurized fluid; water‚ sand‚ ceramic beads‚ and a mixture of chemicals into the oil or gas formation. As this fluid holds the underground fissures open‚ oil and gas flow up the
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In today’s economy‚ natural gas and oil are used for energy‚ to heat and cool homes and provides fuel for cooking. Fossil fuel companies developed a process for natural gas called hydraulic fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing has become the most used technique in the United States’ to produce oil and natural gas. Hydraulic fracturing is also knows as fracking is a technique to produce natural gas and oil. Wells are built which involves the injection of water‚ sand and chemicals at high pressure into
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