What is Hydraulic Fracturing?
Hydraulic Fracturing - (noun) a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil. In simpler form, the process of inserting a drill into the ground, similar to one of an oil well, instead of oil, it extracts natural gasses. The reason for fracking is because the big name gas companies believe that natural gas burns cleaner than fossil fuels, So they believe that it will be better for the environment.
To begin drilling, the drill tube goes deep into the ground and shoots out sand, chemicals, and water to shoot it in the tube to create fractures in the rock. But what many scientists are finding out now is that nearby water in somplaces is becoming undrinkable because of chemicals, but no one is sure if fracking is the culprit. That is what many having been questioning for years.
To begin drilling, the drill tube goes deep into the ground and shoots out sand, chemicals, and water to shoot it in the tube to create fractures in the rock. But what many scientists are finding out now is that nearby water in somplaces is becoming undrinkable because of chemicals, but no one is sure if fracking is the culprit. That is what many having been questioning for years.