Why is fracking bad?

Answer 1

When you first hear the word fracking, you may think that it is a new curse word and a smile appears. However, fracking is scarier when you've discovered the truth. Fracking is a mining or drilling technique, commonly used in oil drilling and natural gas production. It's also called Hydrofracking and Hydraulic fracturing.

Oil and gas companies first buy drilling rights from landowners. Then, they use water-based solutions to force rocks underground to open to allow oil or natural gas to be sucked out and turned into electricity or heat. Fracking puts our health and the environment's in serious risks.

Fracking pollutes the water and air, and is dangerous for the workers and the animals. When landowners suspect that fracking is contaminating their water, a settlement can be made where the landowners can be given money; in return, they will need to promise to not talk to anyone about the problem.

Fracking has taken place in 24 other countries outside of the U.S.

Many of the areas on the Marcellus Shale, an underground rock formation running from parts of northern Kentucky and eastern Ohio through upstate New York is being planned to be the setting of Hydrofracking.

There is a range of health risks that are related to fracking and the other parts of the process, such as the chemicals that are injected deep underground and the toxic compounds that rise to the surface.

Fracking contaminates the water in a very obvious way. Fracking could had been done only using water and clean sand. However to make the job easier and cheaper, the process includes many other 596+ chemicals. Many were harmful and some were unknown.

For example, it includes methane that is also an ingredient of cigarettes. Also, there's diesel fuel, hydrochloric acid, glycol ethers, ........,

Fracking causes air pollution and release lots of greenhouse gas. When fracking is performed, the wells could explode and cause a big spill. The big spill will cause air pollution and water contamination.

As we create more greenhouse gas, more heat will be trapped in our atmosphere. Due to the fact: the temperature of our whole planet will rise, the whole ecosystem will be affected.

Answer 2

Fracking can have negative impacts on the environment, such as contaminating groundwater with chemicals and releasing methane gas into the atmosphere, contributing to climate change. It can also cause earthquakes and disrupt wildlife habitats. Additionally, fracking uses large amounts of water, which can strain local water resources.