There’s plenty of buzz lately about fracking, or Hydraulic Fracturing, the extraction of natural gas from beneath shale.
On the one side are nat gas companies, who point out that natural gas burns 40% cleaner than coal.
On the other are those who’ve learned – frequently the hard way – the environmental damage wrought by the process.
But what’s amazing is how few of us know about fracking at all.
Given that it’s already happening in our backyards, I did a bit of digging myself. And found two awesome sources who explain fracking and its effects better than I could.
Scientific American does its usual in-depth job of giving the facts, within context and balance…and offering up some great (read “disturbing” images) as well.
And GreenMuze.com, a site for which I write my Ask the Greenius column, also covered fracking in Canada.
Have you heard of fracking? What are your thoughts?