Pros And Cons Of Hydraulic Fracturing

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What the frack is Hydraulic Fracturing and why has it been such a controversial topic for the past several years? Hydraulic Fracturing, better known as fracking, “involves the injection of more than a million gallons of water, sand and chemicals at high pressure down and across into horizontally drilled wells as far as 100,000 feet below the surface” (Granberg). The rock layer is then cracked due to the pressurized mixture. These openings, by the help of sand particles, are exposed in order for the natural gasses from the shale to be able to circulate up the man-made well. Hydraulic Fracturing is associated with numerous health risks, environmental risks, and earth tremors (earthquakes) that must be addressed before it is too late.