Persuasive Essay On Fracking

Oil companies are the modern day Scrooge, driven by money and not caring about the consequence. But there is one thing have overlooked, what good is money in the afterlife? There are now over 63,000 shale gas pumps in the USA alone with shale gas representing 40% of all gas retrieved. Some 169,000 workers now added to the gas retrieval side of the oil and gas companies but is it worth it? Most importantly what impact would this bring to Scotland? Are these intense water polluting, greenhouse gas producing stations worth the money they bring? The fracking supporters need to be enlightened to the apocalypse they are fuelling. Fracking is the root of future, social and environmental catastrophes are certain to blossom, it must be nipped in the

But in the end the council pulls the strings, with the government looming over them pointing them in the apparent right direction. When a community sees something they are not happy with they can submit a formal complaint. If rejected, protests and petitions can have their views heard. But when it comes to fracking residents’ views are silenced. Even the laws fail to support them. When someone purchases a house they are entitled to the house itself and garden area as long as it abides to building regulations. Under these rules, the owner is not in fact in ownership of the land underneath the house, so fracking stations they can drill under your house as they wish. This will cause toxic and hazardous gases to be released. Ground water becomes toxic and there is a chance of tremors damaging a properties structure, contents and polluting the soil. Nowhere is safe, cities, schools, 'beauty spots ' will be drilled leaving only a stain on the landscape for years to come. Unsightly fracking stations, congested roads transporting water and a society suffering a spectrum of health problems, unable to move to a healthier environment. Surely this cannot be legal in

The Government has strict regulations on chemical companies polluting our environment banning many cancerogenic chemicals outright. It is strange that the chemicals used for fracking are "secret" and do not have to be disclosed to the environment agency. Residential testing has found contaminants such as benzene, barium and worse of all bromine which mixes with the chlorine to form trihalomethanes. A banned drug which causes cancer and increase the risk of reproductive or developmental health problems of new-borns. The threat to pregnant women is great, even the unborn are at risk, and our future generations are faced with death or permanent damage. America leads the way; a path Scotland should not follow blindly. With over 30628 stations in America alone there are now only a few 'clean ' spots to choose from. American families have been forced to have profits put first while their futures now look bleak. Like here, there is little they can do. Oil companies "gift" a generous $20,000 to the council for the fracking rights in the area. Residents know that even $1,000,000 each, will not compensate for medical bills, repairs to homes, relocating or permanent health problems caused by fracking? A small splash of cash should never silence a