Ever heard of fracking? Fracking is a method used to extract natural gas from deep underground that is used as energy. Fracking is a way of producing energy for everyday use. Fracking is good for the economy, it's safe and it is a viable energy source. Although people say that fracking is bad for the environment statistics show that fracking is perfectly safe. Fracking is a method used to extract natural gas and should be continued because it is a viable source of energy, economically beneficial, and poses no threat towards groundwater.
In the first place natural gas produced by fracking is a viable source of energy. Fracking is so effective that in “4 months of a good shale well will produce enough energy to power around 11,000 homes for those 4 months,” - (Sweet). An example of the energy from fracking is: “Domestic crude production increased from 5 million barrels a day to 7.3 million barrels a day.” - (Kashi) There is so much natural gas underground and fracking is the only way to get all the natural gas. Because of so much energy natural gas can produce fracking is a really reliable source of energy.
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A barrel of oil generated from fracking costs about 43 dollars(Egan). Fracking managed “to lift household income by $1,200. In addition, the boom added $75 billion to state and federal revenues and an additional $283 billion to the gross domestic product,” - (Jon Carter). Natural gasses is a cheap yet effective fuel source, so more houses can be powered with less expense. Because of the energy produced by fracking money is gained, and the money can better grow the economy. With the money from fracking more fracking sites can be built and more natural gas can be