Essays on Dangers of Fracking

Energy is one of the most talked about topics from a technological standpoint to a political one and everything in between. There are so many facets to that conversation that sometimes those technological and political arguments force many of the base topics under the radar....

There are large amounts of Earth’s natural gases and oils being used, and people continue to try and find more beneath the Earth’s surface. There is still more left in shale formations, some located in western New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. There is an amount...

It’s no secret that hydraulic fracturing has long been under intense scrutiny due to environmental concerns and the scare of earthquakes. About 10 years ago, France banned hydraulic fracturing and has held strong. Once France put strict regulations in place, many other European countries followed...

Hydraulic fracturing or more commonly known as fracking, is a technique with the purpose to retrieve oil and gases from shale rock. The process of fracking consists of violently drilling down into the earth before a mixture made up of water, sand and chemicals is...

It is a well-known fact that the vast majority of the world’s economy relies on the production and availability of petroleum. Petroleum consists of crude oil, which is known as a fossil fuel, created by the remains of plants and animals which have died millions...

Invented by Floyd Farris and Joseph B. Clark in 1947, fracking is a stimulation technique used to extract gas and oil from the ground that would otherwise be unreachable by common extraction processes. In recent years, there has been a ‘fracking boom’, especially in the...