Fracking Debate

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In the last few decades, there has been a lot of conversation going on about the warming of our planet due to our greenhouse gas emissions, and about whether or not climate change and global warming are even real. Yet, in recent years, there has been a transition in the conversation. Now, more people have gone from being skeptical of climate change and questioning it’s validity, to raising the question of which human activities give off greenhouse gasses and actually affect climate change and global warming. As this transition of thinking begins to take place, there is a greater chance for people to become misinformed about the issue at hand. Along with a new way of thinking, new questions are beginning to arise, and these questions are leaving …show more content…
Humans wasteful, pollution filled lifestyles are imposing negative consequences on the world around them. Although they have the tools to succeed and change their ways, the push to do so isn't as compelling as the current practices in which they involve themselves. As fracking for natural gas continues, the misinformed bias about hybrids and Electric Vehicles (EV’s) continues, and peoples greenhouse gas emissions increase and worsen, the human race is effectively worsening climate change and global warming, and they are beginning to reach a point of no return. The practice of fracking is increasing the severity of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. Hydraulic fracturing (Fracking) has been the silent but deadly killer of the environment for decades now, and only now is this process gaining attention in news media as as the environmental impacts are starting to be uncovered. Fracking uses a high-fracking volume fluid that is used to penetrate and break through a layer of rock in the Earth called shale. Once the shale has been broken, the pocket of natural gas is extracted from …show more content…
The future of clean and renewable energy is here, and people need it now more than ever before. A popular graph that many people know shows the warming and cooling trends of the Earth, and how there tends to be a natural rise and fall in global temperatures. By looking at the graph, one can see the wavy pattern of the graph, which is normal and fluctuating as usual. Up until around the time of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, however, where the graph spikes up on a constant rise is unusual. The graph records never before seen levels of greenhouse gas emissions present in the atmosphere. As the rise on emissions continues, the future of the planet is becoming more and more uncertain, and the need for change is increasing, but thankfully so is its popularity. There has been a decline in "the world share of energy from fossil fuels... and strong growth in energy from wind, biomass, solar and hydro power” (Canadell) which has lead to lower carbon emissions from the energy humans produce. Reducing emissions alone won’t be enough to slow and reverse the issues that humans have created for the world. New technologies and advancements in the ways people live and interact with the environment must also take place to make big changes happen. “The research and development of alternative negative emission technologies, potentially with a smaller environmental
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