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Post by Ashley Charles on Apr 17, 2015 14:19:42 GMT -5
Stu plans on lecturing about fracking on the 30th. Does anyone have any questions they'd like him to cover?
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Post by zach on Apr 19, 2015 21:20:40 GMT -5
what is fracking?
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Post by Ashley Charles on Apr 20, 2015 11:53:23 GMT -5
Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release natural gas inside. There are more than 500,000 active natural gas wells in the US. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing |
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Post by zach on Apr 20, 2015 12:49:16 GMT -5
The natural gas extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, has simultaneously become a cash cow for unimaginably wealthy energy companies, a brutally efficient destroyer of limited natural resources depended upon by the rest of us, and a disturbing new trend that will lead to massive social instability.
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Post by Stuart Hench on Apr 20, 2015 16:16:05 GMT -5
So far in my presentation, I will discuss what fracking is, what are the benefits and consequences of fracking, how anyone's freedoms are affected, what both sides of the debate is, what the libertarian perspective is, and what the government is doing to promote or restrict fracking. I will cover economic, environmental, and eminent domain issues as well as talking about government subsidies for the industry. If there is anything else that anyone wants me to discuss, then please let me know.
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