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FRACKING

Learn about the pros and cons of fracking, including improved energy access, reduced foreign oil dependence, environmental impacts, wastewater disposal, and potential aquifer contamination.

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FRACKING

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  1. FRACKING Pluses/Minuses April, 2017

  2. “Fracking”: shale oil extraction

  3. Pluses: Improved access to a large energy source

  4. Less dependence on foreign oil

  5. Fewer oil spills US Energy Information Administration • BP Gulf oil spill volumes: Volume Estimates (barrels/day): April 22 - 1,000 April 28 - 5,000 May 27 - 12,000-19,000 Sept. 23 - 56,000-68,000

  6. We’re drilling deeper for offshore oil

  7. Global implications of emissions: climate change & ocean acidification

  8. Shale Gas Extraction & Jobs

  9. Minuses: Requires large amounts of water

  10. Fracking Chemicals (there are additional undisclosed substances)

  11. Possible aquifer contamination

  12. Oklahoma CityBlue dots = wastewater disposal sitesOrange = earthquakes

  13. Methane leakage

  14. (It’s still a fossil fuel)

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