WHAT THE FRACK IS GOING ON?
WHAT THE FRACK IS GOING ON?
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INTRODUCTION
FROM STATEMENTS TO DEBATE
FROM DEBATE TO ACTORS
FROM ACTORS TO NETWORKS – PART 1
FROM ACTORS TO NETWORKS – PART 2
FROM NETWORKS TO COSMOS
FROM COSMOS TO COSMOPOLITICS
APPENDIX
If land degradation is a proved phenomenon, usually public concerns focus on its effects, often indirect, thus preventing the rise of a real online controversy.
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STATES in the US involved in the practice
MILLION TREATMENTS of hydraulic fracturing since 1947
1 Water Acquisition: large volumes of water are withdrawn from ground and surface water resources to be used in the HF process. > Change in quantity of water available for drinking 2 Chemical Mixing: the acquired water is combined with chemical additives and proppant to make the HF fluid. > Release to water through on-site spills and leaks 3
MILLION GALLONS of water used to fracture a well
CHEMICAL ADDITIVES used within the fracking fluids
Well Injection: fluid is injected into the well, creating cracks in the geological formation that allow oil or gas to escape through the well. > Potential impacts on drinking water resources 4 Flowback: fluid, formation water and natural gas begin to flow back up the well and must be stored on-site before treatment or disposal. > Release to water through spills from on-site storage 5 Wastewater Treatment and Waste Disposal: disposal by underground injection, treatment followed by disposal to surface water bodies or recycling for use in future HF operations. > Contaminants reaching drinking water
Source: www.epa.gov
FEET Fracking wells depth where shale gas is extracted
DECEMBER 2012 Google Trends data collection day
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