Sunday, November 14, 2010
A new extraction process for natural gas is known as fracking. Fracking is to drill "horizontally and fracture the shale with thousands of gallons of chemically treated water that force the gas up." Although this sounds scary and does harm the land it does not pollute like actual drilling and well completion. It is much easier to do a poor drilling job which creates "gas migration" polluting the air. Although there is definitely environmental impact fracking is by far the safest alternative. Especially since we need to use natural gases when the only realistic energy alternative is coal and oil.
This article appears to have little or no bias. The only bias, if any, would be that this man likes fracking and does not want to turn to alternatives like coal and oil because they harm the environment more than natural gas.
V. Energy Resources and Consumption
B. Energy Consumption
C. Fossil Fuel Resources and Use
VI Pollution
This article I think takes a slight pro-environmental standpoint because he likes the method of fracking because it is the most environmental friendly compared to the alternatives. It sounds like an ideal method but i wonder will it really be more environmental friendly since it will probably kill the terrestrial habitats around it will the chemicals and could the chemicals get into the underground water?
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