tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110535642392948297.post4588921322560505009..comments2024-02-05T03:47:27.847-05:00Comments on Organic I (CHE 351-02 with K. Petersen): Fracking and the Farm: A Chemical CocktailKSPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231343576495059292noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110535642392948297.post-46983578494088376252013-09-30T23:46:04.636-04:002013-09-30T23:46:04.636-04:00Energy is just something we will always strive for...Energy is just something we will always strive for. We will never be able to just create it. Even solar and wind power require electricity supplied machines to create the solar panels and wind turbines. Same thing with hybrid cars or even electric cars. They are all tied to fossil fuels. Always will be. Fracking is just another way to squeeze more energy out of this country, which is better than importing, just as long as they can develop a safer more efficient method. The problem is that drilling for oil and even fracking require the empty void that is created to be replaced with some sort of substance. In most cases the density of the liquid being substituted in its place is less. A drastic example of how this can be detrimental is visible in what has been happening in Florida. The water table and the aqueducts have been depleted of their water which leaves that empty void. Soon after all the ground over top begins to very slowly shift and become unsettled to the point of creating a sink hole. Some can be small around the size of a car or has we have seen recently big enough to swallow a whole house. Depending on the amount of void created we could be looking at whole towns being lost or possibly a state just sinking into the ground. Maybe what we need is a few arc reactors from Iron Man and then all our problems will be solved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110535642392948297.post-77623222944794482912013-09-30T15:33:43.009-04:002013-09-30T15:33:43.009-04:00This is freaky! You would think fracking would be ...This is freaky! You would think fracking would be a last-minute desperation move to get us out of some sort of hole. It seems its just another way to fuel the consumptive habits we currently have! The scariest part is that the frackers, by government ordinance, are allowed to keep their methods a secret. I'm not sure what should freak us out more, the truth or the idea that the truth is blatantly hidden from us. Anyways, I agree that fracking is bad and we need to turn our efforts (and energy) to producing technology for clean energy!tdwhiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15875849283020294279noreply@blogger.com