Hydraulic Fracturing BY TIM LEJA Background Fracking Injecting
Hydraulic Fracturing BY: TIM LEJA
Background “Fracking” Injecting High fluid pressures 500, 000 active wells Source: burntorangereport. com
Background Began in 2003 90% of wells use fracking 5, 000 2004 - 8, 000 feet EPA Study Source: Cleanwateraction. org
Controversy 400 trucks used per site 1 -8 million gallons of water Water mixed with chemicals 30%-50% Not fluid recovered biodegradable Source: nypost. com
Chemical Mixture 40, 000 gallons of chemicals Up to 600 chemicals Sand Lead Mercury Uranium Methanol Source: businessinsider. com
The Calculations 500, 000 8 wells million gallons of water Times 72 a well can be fracked = 18 trillion gallons of water 360 billion gallons of chemicals Source: 8020 vision. com
Water Contamination Leaching Nearby Methane 17 groundwater Concentrations times higher 1, 000 cases Sensory, Source: naturalgaswatch. org respiratory, neurological issues
Air Contamination Fluid left in open air pits Evaporates Volatile Organic Compounds released Contaminates Acid air rain Ground level ozone Source: renewnrg. blogspot. com
Exxon Wastewater Spill 2010 Clean Streams Law Solid Waste Management Act Plug removed 57, 000 gallons of waste Felony charges Source: popularresistance. org
California Aquifers 9 sites dumping wastewater 3 billion gallons High level of chemicals Arsenic Thallium Toxin found in rat poison Source: desmogblog. com
Health Risk December Garfield 2013 County, Colorado Hormone disrupting chemicals Infertility Birth defects Cancer Source: insideclimatenews. org
Marcellus Shale Sedimentary Thousands Mud Rock of feet deep and organic materials Natural gas trapped within the rock Created by decomposition PA, WV, Ohio, New York Source: geology. com
Marcellus Shale Mile 500 below the surface trillion cubic feet Supply Worth US for two years 1 trillion dollars Source: conservativefocus. com
Utica Shale Below 38 the Marcellus Shale trillion cubic feet of natural gas 940 million barrels of oil 208 million barrels of natural gas liquids More expensive to drill Source: geology. com
United States Economy 2. 1 million jobs in 2012 3. 9 million jobs by 2025 $284 billion to the US GDP Lower household cost $1, 200 per household Source: instituteforenergyresearch. org
Pennsylvania 300, 000 3 rd largest producer in the nation 4. 7% $34 jobs of total employment billion to economy Source: sourcewatch. org Saved Government Schools $19 billion $45. 5 billion
North Dakota Oil Boom Started 2. 8% 1 in 2008 unemployment rate million barrels a day Second largest producer Median household income increase Source: forbes. com
Energy Produce more Do not need to import 2 -5 days of fracking Supply oil or natural gas for 20 -40 years Reverse a 40 year decline in oil output Source: energyfromshale. org
Energy and Methane EPA investigation From 1990 -2012 Emissions From decreased 17% 2006 -2012 Emissions decreased 39. 4% Production increased 37% Source: energyfromshale. org
Overview Is the risk worth the reward Harmful Human Health Environment Job creation Economic Growth
References http: //www. burntorangereport. com/diary/20990/denton-fracking-ban-means http: //www. energyfromshale. org/americas-communities/pennsylvania http: //www. sourcewatch. org/index. php/File: PA_Marcellus_Shale_Formatio n. jpg http: //marcellusshale. us/index. php/articles-pro/96 -michael-van-donsel http: //thedianerehmshow. org/shows/2014 -08 -20/update-environmentaleffects-fracking http: //www. nrdc. org/energy/gasdrilling/ http: //www. dangersoffracking. com/ http: //www. cleanwateraction. org/page/fracking http: //renewnrg. blogspot. com/2014/01/fracking-waste-dangerous-spillsand. html http: //insideclimatenews. org/news/20141010/small-study-may-have-biganswers-health-risks-frackings-open-waste-ponds
References http: //geology. com/articles/marcellus-shale. shtml http: //www. desmogblog. com/2014/10/07/central-california-aquiferscontaminated-billions-gallons-fracking-wastewater http: //www. forbes. com/sites/travisbrown/2014/01/29/fracking-fuels-aneconomic-boom-in-north-dakota/ http: //www. businessinsider. com/there-are-many-scary-chemicals-infracking-fluid-at-this-pennsylvania-site-2012 -5 http: //nypost. com/2012/02/09/facing-frack-hysteria/ http: //www. conservativerefocus. com/blog 5. php/2014/04/05/oklahomaquakes-if-an-underground-nuclear-blast-can-t-cause-quakes-how-canfracking http: //8020 vision. com/2011/04/17/congress-releases-report-on-toxicchemicals-used-in-fracking/ http: //www. naturalgaswatch. org/? p=1119 https: //www. popularresistance. org/exxon-charged-with-illegally-dumpinghydro-fracking-waste-in-pennsylvania/
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