The Pros And Cons Of Fracking

Fracking is not safe because in the areas where Fracking is taking place, it is causing crimes which isn’t beneficial to the economy, it causes methane to get into peoples water also it is effecting

Another reason I think fracking is a bad thing is because fracking can harm the environment. Fracking can do many different things to the environment the main thing it does to the environment is it cracks the ground, which can cause a major catastrophe on a major scale, like earthquakes. You do not want an earthquake to happen do you?

Frack sites can break down and cause a bundle of problems. Communities with fracking have seen decline in property values, increases in crime, and losses in local tourism. When a community loses tourism and gains an increase in crime it may not be an area where a new company would want to settle, worsening the economy. Fracking is said to have caused earthquakes when a pipe ruptures. If a pipe ruptures it damage a fault line pushing one tectonic plate closer toward the earthquake point. If a storage tank for fracking breaks it may leak out into crops and streams and poison our ecosystem. If the fracking fluid does as much as decimates on of the species in the ecosystem, then it will put the whole ecosystem out of whack causing numerous problems.

Fracking has killed farmer’s livestock and it leaked into the farmers plants. When the oil drillers drill sometimes it leaches out of the ground and gets in the plants. Chemicals spilling from fracking could contaminate the plants.Fracking has also caused a lot of earthquakes. In conclusion fracking is bad for the environment because it has killed farmers, livestock and ruined the plants.

Fracking, better known as hydraulic fracking has been around since 1949 (Global Energy Affairs), and has helped our economy in many different ways; such as, providing economic benefits, supporting the U.S. with more natural resources, and using safer drilling and production practices, and it is better for our environment. However, fracking can also be extremely terrible for our economy, such as; water droughts, health effects, and noise pollution. There are two sides to hydraulic fracking, and through resource I will form my opinion (Occupy Theory).

Referring to fracking already gives a large and complex theme which exceeds simple the process that it requires, although this procedure has been used in America since 1940, it is not until now, when the hydraulic fracturing process has been refined and used more than ever. In the United States fracking, or the process of extracting oil and natural gas from unconventional sites where these fuels are trapped in rocks, has a lot to do with the economic side, since it is one of the most important things that is leading to the energy independence of the country, but there are a variety of drawbacks that take away the reliability of this method. With the issue of fracking, the environmental concerns should be analyzed and put first, regardless of

The main reason people oppose fracking is that fracking is believed to cause geological instability. In 2011 Prague, Oklahoma experienced an earthquake of 5.7 magnitude and was confirmed to me a direct result of pumping millions of gallons of flow back water underground. This catastrophe destroyed 14 homes, damaged about 200 buildings, and was felt across 17 states (Prud'Homme). This incident and the other 2 in 2011 show that class II Hydro fracking wells in particular cause geological instability. As a direct result of this instability it allows the ground water to be contaminated with deadly chemicals.

Fracking is also referred as hydraulic fracturing in which rock is fractured by a pressurized liquid to further create cracks and openings underground to extract more free flowing components such as natural gas, petroleum, and brine. Millions of ‘frac’ jobs have been performed on oil and gas wells worldwide to further extract more shale gas, tight gas, tight oil and coral seam gas. This highly controversial issue of greed and depletion of deeply bounded fossil fuels is extremely important. The argumentative basis of this matter is between those whom benefit and have more readily available accessible hydrocarbons and the people who are aware of the potential hazardous environmental effects. Hydraulic fracturing greatly threatens the risk of ground and surface water contamination, air pollution, noise pollution, and the consequential triggering of earth quakes and hazardous long-term effects that are unknown. This is highly controversial considering the industry that is already in power of fossil fuel extraction is highly powerful and ran by both government powers and mass corporate powers with much control on those who regulate. I am on the opposing side of the fossil greedy powerful organizations who push for fracking and believe that there are surely alternative solutions. I am personally interested in the issue of fracking because I know how important and vital clean ground and surface water are for human survival and also because I am terrified of the technology mankind has came to power over that in which threatens and potentially could trigger disasters that we have no control over such as earthquakes and sinking of the land. There are many issues amongst my major that I cold have focused on but I believe in this current day the largest problems surround the ever so greedy and extreme measures mankind will take to have power over natural resources,

While it is good for the economy, fracking is dangerous and bad because it could damage the air, the water, and damage the health of citizens. Fracking is good for the economy because it can provide many jobs for people who are unemployed. Fracking can damage the air because the waste fluid that is left behind from fracking releases harmful VOC’S into the atmosphere which causes contaminated air. Fracking could damage the water because during the process of fracking methane gas and toxic and chemical leach out from the system and contaminates nearby ground water. Fracking can damage the health of citizens because it produces approximately 300,000 barrels of natural gas a day, which can cause health hazards and gets citizens really sick. To

Fracking is often looked down upon by environmental experts, but for what reasons? Is this because fracking uses a lot of water? Or is it because of environment concerns? To get the full story, one needs to dig past some of the exaggerations used by environmentalists to demean the massive industry. Many individuals claim that fracking uses to much water, but it only uses a small percentage of the water used in many other industries. Also, fracking provides massive amounts of the U.S.A’s energy. The process of Hydraulic Fracturing does not use too much water, and is a very efficient way for the U.S.A. to get energy.

Fracking, a technique used to extract natural gas and oil from the earth 's subterranean rocks, is by no means a new thing. As the United States strives for energy independence, the number of wells produced by hydraulic fracturing has increased substantially. This method of harvesting natural gas and oil may contribute to pollution and has become a controversial topic. It is important to understand the pros and cons of fracking before drawing conclusions. Analyzing the economic and environmental effects of hydraulic fracking will show that fracking has economic benefits, while its environmental impact is no greater than that of other energy sources.

Fracking is a safe way of producing oil and natural gasses. Some of the benefits of fracking are lower energy costs, because of the large deposits of oil and gas there has been a big increase in available resources and a big drop in prices. This can lead to a sustainable amount of savings for consumers. Another benefit of fracking is that consumers of energy are seeing economic change in global prices and lowered taxes on gas and oil. More jobs are being created and our reliability on other country’s oil is reduced significantly. For the most part, most of the fracking fluid stays in the ground but when it does come up, it’s either dumped in rivers and streams, left in open pits and contaminates our air, or it gets hauled away. The toxic fracking

One effect and driving force behind the unemployment rate dropping is that Fracking create jobs. The Obama administration feel that fracking will create millions of jobs over the next fifteen-twenty years. Fracking a long with new technology economist predict there will be a boost in economic growth financially. With the abundance of natural gas and oil from Fracking households will benefit from low-cost energy supply, and help push gas prices down. Another benefit and ”With Global Warming being a hot topic today natural gas releases the least amount of co2 gases into the atmosphere because it’s a clean burning fossil fuel.” Which all sounds good and well, but some environmentalist see Fracking as a bad thing. They see fracking as contaminating our water supply, and causes earthquakes. Environmentalist are concerned with the process that oil companies use to extract natural gas from the ground. There’s a web site that I encourage you to view which shows the process of Fracking from start to finish.- dangers of fracking.com . From all the tanker trucks used to haul millions of gallons of water to the drilling site and the hundreds of chemicals pumped into the ground. Environmentalist are alarmed over the process and feel that it will have a deathly effect on humans, and animals. There’s over six hundred chemicals used in Fracking and studies find many of the chemicals to be toxic to humans and animals. One of the chemicals is methane which is seventy – one hundred times more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. Once the oil and gas is extracted from the ground these chemicals are left to dissipate. I leave you with several questions from these effects of Fracking. Do the chemicals really dissipate or they just left to contaminate our waters? What about the holes that are drilled thousands of feet into the ground are they weakening the rocks from earth’s core causing earthquakes? If there’s a hundred year supply of

Even though fracking can cause environmental problems and can cause problems with air, water, and your body, it can be good for our economy. Fracking generates thousands of jobs and can give millions to the local economies for their own problems (Beaver 126). With so many jobs for people and money to local economies it also is helping the overall

Some of the issues raised by people who argue against fracking argue that it uses huge amounts of water that has to be moved to the site, which greatly impacts the environment. There is also a concern that dangerous chemical from the fracking site may leak into the ground water which can certainly affect the health of the people who live near the site. There are also concerns with the fact that fracking can cause tremors, or small