Point 1: What fracking is and why it's done
• Hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as ‘fracking' is the mining of natural gas from bed rock by fracturing the shale casing.
• Fracking is quicker than most forms of mining and fracking mines can be pumped multiple times.
• Do to shortages of fossil fuels such as oil many are turning to natural gas creating a higher demand for it.
Point 2: How fracking is done
• The process of fracking
o o Drilling
o o Pumping water and chemicals into bed rock
o o Cracking the bed rock releasing the gas inside
o o Siphoning the gas out with what is left of the liquid
Point 3: Side effects of fracking
• Flaming water
• Earth quakes
• Contaminated ground water
• Contaminated drinking water
Point 4: Pros of fracking (opposing view point)
• High profit margin
• Higher job demand
• The statement that the environmental occurrences are not conclusively linked to fracking
Point 5: Historical and political accounts of fracking
• Laws passed about fracking and the companies that frack
• Places that have encountered issues due to fracking
• When the demand of fracking began to rise and the environmental problems that correlate with the time.
Point 6: Ways to make fracking safer and safer alternatives to fracking.
• Don't frack near water
• Don't frack in highly populated areas
• Don't frack where the bed rock is already weak
• Solar power
• Wind power