Energy fracking

Recent advances in drilling and fracking technologies have made the access to huge deposits of natural gas in shale deposits technically and economically feasible. These are located across the United States and elsewhere [19,20], and thus shale gas production has grown about 48% per year from 2006 to 2010 in the United States. This fact will influence the American and the world energy outlooks for the near future, together with the variation in the oil price [21]. The... 

The many environmental issues surrounding the practice of fracking have generated widespread concern and adverse public reaction. Fracking represents yet one more instance of the conflict between those who advocate the availability of low cost energy and those who are more focused on sustaining long term the quality of the environment. 

A final dnal education-ontreach activity consisted of a Video Challenge on the ethics of energy choices and energy research. Teams of three to fonr stndents from seven US academic institntions across the country submitted 18 videos. The videos focused on topics from fracking to wind farms, from nuclear waste disposal to smart grids, from use of public transportation to the energy costs of the meat indnstry. 

Boudet H, Clarke C, Bugden D, Maibach E, Roser-Renouf C, Leiserowit A. Fracking controversy and communication using national survey data to understand public perceptions of hydraulic fracturing. Energy Policy 2014 65 57-67. 

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