Is Fracking Right Or Wrong?

Fracking involves a high pressure injection of a fluid that is made up of water, sand and other proppants suspended with the aid of thickening agents which is more commonly known as fracking fluid. It is injected into a wellbore to create cracks in the deep-rock formations so that natural gases and pretroleum can flow much more freely.

Due to the fracking boom, the US has already surpassed Saudi Arabia in energy production and the US is on its way to becoming energy self sufficient. The amount of natural gases would increase as well and this massive increase in supply would mean much lower prices, it also means less need to import natural gas which would help the economy.

Sounds amazing, right? What could possibly go wrong? Fracking firstly requires a lot of water and chemicals and these dangerous chemicals need to be disposed properly but companies in charge of fracking have been very slow to disclose what chemicals they are using and how they are being disposed. This hesitance to reveal what is actually happening causes many people who consider fracking to be a largely environmental boon to a non-entirely-undeserved reputation as an environmental bane …show more content…
Due to the drilling of the ground, the ground begins to crack. However, there is limited understanding of this so far and it will limit fracking in some areas and it appears to be rare and