38. John Hanger, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection describes the natural gas drilling and extraction as a “trade-off”. Explain what the trade-off is. Do you believe this is a good trade? Natural gas is often described as a “transition fuel” and a cleaner-burning fossil fuel. Explain how these claims are incomplete. Given what you learned from this movie, is natural gas a fuel that we should explore and extract more of?
Trade off is when you do something bad but there is something good that comes out of it. I don't think that this is a good trade off because the good that comes out of it doesn't match the consequence. they are incomplete because they don't take the process of getting that gas into account
39. The Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act proposes to include hydraulic fracturing as an activity regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act. This law would require the industry to disclose all chemicals used in fracking. Do you think this law is fair and justified? Why might the gas drilling companies oppose this law? Explain your answer.
I think that this is fair because that water that gets contaminated is the main problem. Companies will oppose this law because the chemicals they use help their equipment stay clean
40. This is a map of Pennsylvania, showing the major rivers and the towns of Dimock and Milanville. How would contamination of the water supply have consequences for the entire eastern part of the state, including Philadelphia?
The water will flow to those places and contaminate it
41. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has released a statement explaining several inaccuracies it feels that the documentary portrays. The statement is available here:Briefly describe their statement on the following:
The Weld County Wells: They said that the gas has nothing to do with the gas of the fracking
The West Divide Creek Seeps: They said that it is caused by gas migrating up
42. If you owned a large parcel of land in the shale area, and were offered several thousand dollars per acre to lease the land for gas drilling, would you take the money? Explain your decision.
No because i that is my land and i don't want nobody messing with it
Trade off is when you do something bad but there is something good that comes out of it. I don't think that this is a good trade off because the good that comes out of it doesn't match the consequence. they are incomplete because they don't take the process of getting that gas into account
39. The Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act proposes to include hydraulic fracturing as an activity regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act. This law would require the industry to disclose all chemicals used in fracking. Do you think this law is fair and justified? Why might the gas drilling companies oppose this law? Explain your answer.
I think that this is fair because that water that gets contaminated is the main problem. Companies will oppose this law because the chemicals they use help their equipment stay clean
40. This is a map of Pennsylvania, showing the major rivers and the towns of Dimock and Milanville. How would contamination of the water supply have consequences for the entire eastern part of the state, including Philadelphia?
The water will flow to those places and contaminate it
41. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has released a statement explaining several inaccuracies it feels that the documentary portrays. The statement is available here:Briefly describe their statement on the following:
The Weld County Wells: They said that the gas has nothing to do with the gas of the fracking
The West Divide Creek Seeps: They said that it is caused by gas migrating up
42. If you owned a large parcel of land in the shale area, and were offered several thousand dollars per acre to lease the land for gas drilling, would you take the money? Explain your decision.
No because i that is my land and i don't want nobody messing with it