Fracking
In Pennsylvania
What is Fracking?
Fracking is the process where natural gas from way deep in the earth's layers, are dug up with a drill, and releases natural gas from shale rock like layers, and to also release fresh drinking water from unreachable layers underground.
How does Fracking Work?
Step 1
Fracking is the process where a high powered drill, is lowered down into the earth underground, and drills into shale rocks.
Step 2
Then, Fluid is released into the Shale Rocks, The fluid is made of a mixture of sand and water.
Step 3
The shale rocks are then cracked open, and shale gas is released from the rocks and the drill sucks up all of the water into a truck, and the water is then treated, and turned into drinking water that we use today.
Marcellus Shale
What is it, and what does it have to do with Fracking?
Marcellus Shale is a Sentimental Rock that is found in Northern America, it is a marine rock found above and underground, that contains consumable water that we can use, gas, and oxygen.
Fracking is BAD!
It's bad, because it causes chemicals in our drinking water, which can cause us to get sick. It also causes damage into our earth's core, which can cause shifts in the earth, changing the patterns of the Plates in the ground.