...Many people believe that fracking is very harmful to the environment and I agree with them. Fracking can contaminate nearby water and this in result will cause the water to be harmful to the individuals that drink it. Many politicians fight against allowing fracking to be done, but with high demand for oil many drilling companies lobby to go against any bans on fracking. To the environment it can be harmful if done wrong, but if done correctly than the benefits can outweigh the harm. Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth, directed towards rocks, into a high pressure water mixture aiming to release gas out of the rocks, injecting water, chemicals and sand. When fracking your goal is to extract the gas out of the rock using...
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...Fracking is, the process of injecting liquid at high pressure into subterranean rocks, boreholes, etc., so as to force open existing fissures and extract oil or gas. But most fracking in Oklahoma does not cause earthquakes. The small majority that do cause earthquakes still cause property damage and force people to spend thousands of dollars on their homes. Wastewater is produced at all oil wells not just hydraulic fracking sites, that’s why not just hydraulic sites cause earthquakes. I don’t think they should ban it but I do think they should make it to where they are limited on how many times they can do it at one site. Homeowners around the site should be aware that they are using these methods incase it does cause a quake and they...
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...a conflict concern to the public. Hydraulic Fracturing(Fracking) is a method on how they abstract oil and gas to make an affordable source of energy. In the following documentaries FrackNation by Phelim McAleer and Gasland by Josh Fox, demonstrate different viewpoints on fracking. The individual with the greatest argument was Phelim McAleer due to using an excellent amount of persuasive strategies. In the movie Gasland Fox claims fracking has caused the water to be inadequate to drink due to the horrendous amount of chemicals in the water. Fox also claims that it is substandard to to the environment. Throughout the documentary he gives interviews to people on only his side. To make an excellent argument it involves the viewpoints of both sides of the situation. Fox’s way of persuasion is pathos.The strongest arguments provide all three of the persuasive techniques called Logos, Ethos, and Pathos. He played with the audience emotions and does not give accurate evidence to support his claims. Fox used logical fallacies like False analogy and circle reasoning. For example, fox says that fracking caused a huge increase in breast cancer in a certain area. With no valid evidence the accusation is a false analogy. Fox only swayed the...
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