Can Fracking Solve the Global Energy Crisis? Hydraulic fracturing or better known as fracking is a very contentious and cost-saving procedure in which fossil fuels are extracted from the earths crust. Instead of conventional oil drilling‚ it is used to exploit any possible sources of oil and natural gas‚ beyond the major known well sites. It was introduced in the 1940s and since then the practice has become increasingly controversial regarding its environmental impact. The pros and cons of this
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#00574612 Summary-Response Paragraph Applied Critical Thinking Date: 10/03/13 Final Draft Fuel Fight Summary (Part I) The article “Fuel Fight” (Adams‚ 2012) stated that fracking is a new technology that can get access to the new energy resource. It has many advantages for the U.S. but some organizations disagree with fracking project. The author mentioned that a lot of energy‚ which is being used in the U.S.‚ is imported from many countries all over the world. For example‚ Canada‚ Mexico and Venezuela
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fracturing‚ also termed hydrofracturing‚ hydrofracking‚ or simply fracking‚ is hotly debated for its economic and environmental impacts. Fracking is the process by which rock is fractured by a pressurized fluid containing water. chemicals and sand to access natural gas‚ petroleum and brine from great depths of the Earth’s surface. Fracking produces the economic benefit of more accessible hydrocarbons‚ not to mention the 2.5 million fracking related jobs that were recorded in 2012 worldwide‚ one million
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In this century there is a new way of getting gases and oils out of the earth. This way is called Hydraulic Fracturing‚ Fracking‚ or a way to smash rocks to get gas and oil. There are some positives and negatives to Fracking. Here are some facts you should know. Fracking is a way to get natural gas and oil from deep inside the earth. This technique has been used since the 1940s but did not become popular until 2005. This method is used in the USA to be specific it is used in California‚ Florida
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and against using the fracking method to extract natural gas from the ground‚ but I propose that the federal government establish‚ monitor‚ and regulate environmental and health risks‚ and then create a minimum standard which the states are required to follow. Background: In the 1940’s the Halliburton Corporation developed a process to revitalize well production and prolong the life of wells nearing the end of their production cycle. The fracturing process‚ called “fracking”‚ pumps a mixture of water
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The Fracking Controversy A controversial new method of extracting natural gas from the earth has become a danger for Americans. This method is called Hydraulic Fracturing‚ or Fracking. This drilling has made it possible to retrieve methane gas trapped in the shale rock that lays thousands of feet below the ground. For some‚ fracking can be seen as a good thing for our country. Fracking is boosting the nation’s economy‚ creating jobs and energy export opportunities‚ and strengthening the energy
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ASSIGNMENT TWO: ARTICLE SYNOPSIS EPA on fracking: “we can only do so much” DuBois‚ S. (2010‚ September 17). EPA on fracking: “we can only do so much”. CNN money.com. Retrieved from http://money.cnn.com/2010/09/16/news/fracking_EPA.fortune/index.htm 1. Summary Due to the raised concerns with hydraulic fracturing fluid polluting the ground water the state regulation board of New York has elected to elevate the issue of concern to the EPA. With this shift of regulating authority‚ opponents
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hydraulic fracturing (fracking) began in America in the late 1990‘s and has been wreaking havoc on the land and the lives of the American people since. In case you are unaware‚ fracking is the process well diggers use to extract natural gas and oil from the earth. They use pressurized mixture of water‚ sand‚ and chemicals to form veins (or fractures) in the rock in order for the natural gas or oil to escape. Although this process is an affective way to produce the natural resources from the earth
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source of energy called natural gas‚ found deep within the Earth’s crust. Commercials created by these companies state that natural gas is easy retrieve‚ cheap and clean burning. However‚ these commercials fail to explain that one of the processes of retrieving natural gas‚ or hydraulic fracturing‚ is extremely harmful to the environment. Hydraulic fracturing‚ or “fracking”‚ is the process of injecting millions of gallons of water into the ground to crack shale rock around a gas well. When the shale
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question is hydraulic fracturing‚ more commonly known as fracking. Said practice is vital to study because at the moment there are many questions about its potential negative effect on our environment‚ yet oil companies are pushing for its complete legality. The four articles used include Fracking practices in offshore California waters by oil companies probed by regulators (Jason Dearen and Alicia Chang‚ Los Angeles Daily News)‚ Fracking war: Sierra Club says bill not good enough (Marc Lifsher
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