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Fracking Debate Both Sides. Both sides of fracking debate plan next move. Despite a recent loss at the polls anti-fracking activists. The extraction of shale gas and oil reserves through a procedure to fracture rock has gathered momentum in the present century and its merits have become a subject of debate and controversy Mazur 2016. Each documentary takes the opposite stance on the issue of Fracking.
In fact while researching I didnt expect to come up with a conclusion. Fracking is better then coal at least. Each documentary takes the opposite stance on the issue of Fracking. Fracking debate in CA Monterey Shale a formation holding more shale oil than anywhere else in the country could be a potential gold mine if developers could find a way to extract it and if regulators could appease the environmental community. Both Sides of California Fracking Debate Await Newsoms Next Move. The debate over fracking has resurfaced as the nation gets closer to a presidential election.
The Shale Gas Story in the Karoo.
Craig MillerKQED California has been deeply involved with the oil and gas business since the first wooden derricks were erected in sleepy Kern County in the 19th century. Fracking is the process of extracting natural gas from rocks in the earth by breaking them. Fracking has upended the American energy system bringing lower energy prices greater energy security reduced air pollution and fewer carbon emissions. This can be done by pumping chemicals into the ground where the targeted area lies. After the rocks are broken and the gas is released up through a pipe to be shipped off in a. The Risks Benefits and Uncertainties of the Shale Revolution Columbia University Press2017 examines both sides of.