Down by Oil Industries Middle School there is a transfer student named Fracking who everyone loves for solving the low cookie crisis. What they did not know is that those cookies were way past their expiration date. The kids did not know this because the cookies simply tasted so great at the moment‚ for the rest of the week they were all sick from the spoiled cookies. This may seem as an “out there” analogy‚ but it was to simply put out there to depict how the populace is being blinded by the immediate
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Fracking‚ what’s wrong with the US. To start off‚ Fracking is a reason development that uses water pressure to bust through rocks and pump oil out of the ground‚ which is cheaper than overseas oil transport. First‚ fracking is a waste of good resources like water‚ and uses harmful chemicals. Second‚ not only is it waste of resources it destroys resources land and the air that were not effecting in the first place. Fracking is a dangerous game that is a short solution to a big problem. “Each fracking
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Counter arguments against hydraulic fracturing include the lack of government regulations‚ and environmental issues. While most energy companies are conscientious and put forth every effort to make fracking safe‚ without oversight‚ some companies are reeking havoc on communities‚ individuals‚ and nature. John Rumpler‚ Senior Attorney for Environment America‚ says those taking advantage of unrestricted production are responsible for complaints of coercion‚ contaminated drinking water‚ flammable well
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impact of fracking on water quality specifically on drinking water. They consider in their report every activity related to water cycle of hydraulic fracturing that may have potential impact on drinking water such as water acquisition‚ chemical mixing‚ well injection‚ produced water handling and wastewater disposal. Based on their research‚ EPA identified conditions where fracking can be more severe‚ including: water withdrawal at limited groundwater resources‚ mishandling of fracking fluid‚ chemicals
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energy sources in the United States poses many benefits. The oil and gas industry is one of the biggest industries in the United States. Fracking is the process of injecting water‚ sand and small amounts of chemicals into the ground‚ causing shale to crack‚ releasing natural gas. We don’t have a choice; we depend on fossil fuels every day to survive. Fracking provides many economic benefits that outweigh the disadvantages associated with the matter. As population increases‚ the demand for natural
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3. State and Federal laws 4. U.S. energy needs 5. Frances position on Fracking 6. Summary Hydraulic Fracturing Is it safe‚ or are we just trying to save money‚ and produce jobs at the expense of the countries safety? This and many more question have been asked about Hydraulic Fracturing with this paper I hope to answer that question and give you some more insight to what is really going on “ fracking”. Not only are there the safety issues but many legal ones as well and
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A principle concern in the fracking debate lies over the content of the “fracking fluid.” This fluid is used to increase pressure in shale formations and cause fractures that increase permeability and allow greater access and capture of liquid natural gas or other hydrocarbon products that would be otherwise inaccessible or require numerous more wells be drilled (He‚ Li‚ Liu‚ Barbot‚ Vidic‚ 2014). This fluid consists of water and chemical additives such as‚ “ friction reducers to optimize flow characteristics
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What do you know about fracking? Fracking is the industry that is natural gas being abstracted from shale rock. It’s hydraulic done by injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to get into the shale rock to release natural gas. Why does the industry do this? It is more wrongs than rights but the natural gas is a clean burning gas. Gas is environmentally good when it is burnt but when it is being abstracted from the shale rock is when it is bad. The causes to get the gas is a
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communities in the United States. Fracking has a mix of over 596 chemicals and is combined with anywhere between one and seven million gallons of fresh water per well (Gasland). You can fracture a well up to 18 times in its life. Therefore‚ each well uses anywhere from 18 million to 126 million gallons of fresh water. Some argue that the use of horizontal drilling has been around for about 40 years. The truth is that only since 2011 has it been combined with fracking (theoec.org). The
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