Natural Gas and Fracking

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Natural Gas and Fracking

• Aubrey Pacheco
• Rebecca Villalpando
• Danielle Miller

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  How does this energy work?

• Fracking natural gas well drilling.
• After drilling, millions of gallons of water,
  sand and chemicals are injected in under high
  pressure.
• This pressure fractures the shale, opening
  fissures that enable natural gas to be released

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What is this energy best suited to do?

• Natural gas used commercially, residentially,
  industrially, and in transportation
• Space and water heating systems
• Used for waste treatment, incineration, metals
  preheating, drying and dehumidification, glass
  melting, food processing, fueling industrial
  boilers, and infrared heating systems

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How realistic is this energy currently?

• Natural Gas and Fracking is very realistic as
  its use is employed all over the US and other
  countries
• Nearly 500,000 natural gas wells in US
• Natural gas makes up roughly 25 of energy
  consumed in US

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How likely is it that we will be using this
energy in the near future?

• Fracking is already utilitzed currently
• It produces about 300,000 barrels of natural gas
  a day
• It seen as one of the key ways of extracting
  natural gas

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of this
form of energy?

• Advantages
• Extracts natural gas efficiently
• Reduces our dependence on coal
• Creates invest opportunities
• Provides low, stable energy prices for consumers
  and industry

• Disadvantages
• Harmful and toxic chemicals are used in the
  fracking fluid
• Contaminates water and air
• Needs large water and diesel supply per fracture

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Works Cited

• "Hydraulic Fracturing." Dangers of Fracking.
  N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Mar. 2013. lthttp//www.dangerso
  ffracking.com/gt.
• "Educate Yourself The Pros and Cons
  Of? fracking." Catalystnewspaper. N.p., n.d. Web.
  03 Mar. 2013. lthttp//catalystnewspaper.com/2012/1
  2/14/educate-yourself-the-pros-and-cons-of-frackin
  g/gt.
• "Fracking." Food Water Watch General. N.p., n.d.
  Web. 03 Mar. 2013. lthttp//www.foodandwaterwatch.o
  rg/water/fracking/gt.