The negative effects of fracking in environmental aspect

Arthur Riggs The process of fracking is used by more people today than ever before. This has led to a number of issues associated with it. Fracking, also called hydraulic fracturing, is the process of injecting liquids at high pressure into subterranean rocks which forces existing fissures to open, releasing oil and gas. Although fracking has a number of advantages like creating jobs, enhancing industrialization and offering an alternative source of energy, it is associated with serious negative effects on the environment such as earthquakes, water pollution and the emission of greenhouse gases which are responsible for global warming. Areas where fracking is done are more prone to earthquakes that places where it is not done. About 100 earthquakes have taken place since 2001 when the use of shale gas and other non-traditional energy sources began to increase.

2011 alone saw the occurrence of over 188 earthquakes. The other negative effect of fracking is that some of the gases produced such as methane pollute water and air and cause human diseases. Although fracking has caused more people to use natural gas which is a good source of energy, it is associated with water pollution which is detrimental to the health of people. Wihbey (2015) cracking is responsible for most of the natural gas that people use today, and that natural gas used in place of coal can cause premature deaths. Additionally, between 2012 and 2014, the value of corporate import reached 2. 5 trillion dollars due to the development of shale oil. While there is an economic gain in the process of fracking, it causes serious air pollution in the process.

Some people say that natural gas is an eco-friendly fossil fuel because it burns less greenhouse gases than other fossil fuels. Nevertheless, according to Fracking and climate change (2017), methane and carbon dioxide are the worst substances in the greenhouse gases generated during the fracking process, which are worse than coal and pollute the atmosphere. (2016, July 8). What are the economic benefits of the shale boom? Retrieved March 14, 2018, from http://knowledge. wharton. upenn. edu/article/economic-benefits-shale- oil-boom/ Kille, L. Global Energy Institute. Retrieved March 20, 2018, from http://knowledge. wharton. upenn. edu/article/economic-benefits-shale-oil-boom/ Miller, S. ca/pov/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=5148e81b- 80e7- 468e-b17d- 775160fc09ca%40sessionmgr4010&bdata=Jmxhbmc9ZW4tY2Emc2l0ZT1wb3YtY2 Fu#AN=86451170&db=p3h Miller, S.