Citation:
"Hydraulic Fracturing Should Be Banned." Fracking. Ed. Tamara Thompson. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2013. At Issue. Rpt. from "The Case for a Ban on Gas Fracturing." Vol. iv. 2012. Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 21 Oct. 2013.
Summary:
This article starts out as a basic overview of what fracking is. It explains the process of drilling into shale formations beneath the earth and using water and chemicals under high pressure to expose the natural gas that is trapped within it. However, it goes on to get into the authors opinion that fracking should be banned by going into detail about how fracking has been proven to pollute the earth and the aquifer beneath the earth that supplies water to nearby neighborhoods.
My opinion is similar to that of the author because I believe that the amount of pollution that fracking causes is unacceptable and isn't worth the potential profits that could be made from exposing the natural gas. I think having fresh water is more important than a little bit of money.
Link:
http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Viewpoints&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&zid=&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010861204
I'm Ben Koplik from Writ 111. We are both doing fracking as our topic, so I can see that we have both read some of the same articles from opposing view points. When reading this article did you get the sense that the author did not recognize the other side at all, like our teacher has asked us to do. He does not state any progress or benefits of fracking but instead only negatives.
ReplyDeleteThis author writes for the opposing viewpoints website, so I feel like they definitely know what they are talking about.
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