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Hydraulic fracturing is when a hole or “well” is drilled deep into the ground, in an effort to extract valuable natural gas reserves which exist beneath the surface. The process of constructing a hydraulic fracturing well includes drilling into the Earth–first vertically and then horizontally, then lining the well with a two-terminal tube with one … Read more
On every fracking site, 8 million gallons of water and 40,000 gallons of chemicals are used each day. In addition, these chemicals are injected 10,000 feet into the ground. This interesting statistic calls attention to the dangers of contamination and pollution that fracking brings to local communities and residents. A PhD recipient from Duke University, … Read more
Staged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, There Will Be Blood is a film about a power-hungry oilman’s immense greed for money and what he is willing to do to make his fortune. There Will Be Blood was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and first premiered on December 26th, 2007. Upon learning the … Read more
Myers and Berg’s description of Enjoy it… While it Lasts is that “Things disappear. Sometimes things disappear as the result of an accident. Sometimes neglect causes things to disappear. Sometimes things are intentionally made to disappear” (Enjoy it… While it Lasts). This piece is about something disappearing, but as discussed before, it is more directly … Read more
