Global Warming and Potential Water Contamination Resulting from Fracking for Hydrocarbons
by The Daily Eye Team February 26 2014, 11:20 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 27 secsContaminated water, presumed to be from drilling into and fracturing (fracking) hydrocarbon-bearing rock strata, has been in the news for some time now. And so have global warming and air pollution issues associated with transporting and burning fossil fuels. Are these headliners connected? Of course.
Before I delve into the issues, be it known that we all use fossil fuels. I don’t know of any exception. Here’s the basic scenario: find the fossil fuel sources, recover them, and then process, distribute, and use.