The Pros And Cons Of Fracking

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When going through the process of choosing our next president I came up with ten deciding factors that potentially lead up to who I am voting for president this November. Fracking should be banned in the United States. The Earth is a living planet. It has functioned naturally for over four billion years, and it will continue to evolve long after its current inhabitants are gone. That is not unless man, alters the planet 's natural evolution. In today 's world, coal has become the enemy, as a source of fuel, due to the high CO2 increase in the atmosphere. In a search for alternative forms of energy in the world, the gas and oil industry has discovered an alternative, found right here in our backyards. Accessing this natural resource, has …show more content…

However, this drilling process is more complex than the sounds. It requires the drilling team to inject other chemicals into these basins, to jump start the flow of this natural gas. These chemicals known as fracking fluid (water, sand, and other chemicals ), are highly toxic, and most likely carcinogenic. Then, finally, Wells are installed to extract the gas. Fracking has become a rapid paced extraction process, and at the current rate , maybe creating irreversible contamination in our water tables, that our planet may never recover from, and could ultimately destroy all living things. To date, approximately one half of the United States is currently Fracking natural gas; the contamination of the water resources in those areas is at its highest rate, compared to any time in history. However, the local, state and federal responses to people 's kitchen faucets and underground wells exploding into a continuous ball of fire, is the the denial that there is any connection between the two. In fact, in report after report, these authorities continue to declare that there is no connection between fracturing the earth to release this natural gas, and all the sick people, dead animals, and irreparable water contamination in and around their farms or …show more content…

You would have to consume 1500 lbs in a 15 minute period to have a 50% chance of lethality. Then you have 44 americans dying each day from painkiller overdose. We are cutting down the majority of our rainforests, im not saying marijuana legalization will stop that but it will help you can make an abundant amount of products with marijuana Free Abortion Clinics should be funded by the U.S. Government. Only 13 out of 50 states fund low income women for abortion Counter- Planned Parenthood a former government funded clinic was a place where you could go to receive free abortions, they stopped receiving funding for getting caught 3% of what Planned Parenthood actually did last year was abortion related, the reason there funding was cut off was mainly driven by the topic of abortion. When you cut off funding for Planned Parenthood you cut off access to contraception and screening for sexually transmitted diseases/infections The United States should build a wall along the US/Mexico Border. In my opinion the United States should continue, improve and eventually finish the Fence/Wall along our southern border. Illegal immigration is a huge problem in the United

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