rationale behind fracking while addressing the concerns and fears of the majority of farmers

 rationale behind fracking while addressing the concerns and fears of the majority of farmers

            The industrial revolution has come with a high demand for energy to drive the initiative. As a result, the developed and developing countries have been on the move to invent and exploit new sources of energy to supply it to the industries. Many attempts to establish coal mines have faced criticisms and oppositions globally owing to the high content of carbon content released to the environment and the global warming effects associated with carbon. The G8 summit held this year discussed to a greater extent the impact of coal mining. Coal, as a cheap source of energy, has contributed to the effects of global warming. The large volumes of carbon dioxide emitted from the coal mines accumulate in the atmosphere and create a layer that absorbs the terrestrial radiations. As a result, the thicket leads to increasing temperatures on the earth’s surface, causing effects like torrential rains, prolonged droughts and melting ice in the Antarctica regions leading to rising sea level. The environmentalist raised concern over the increasing carbon dioxide gases from the coal mines. However, the industrial energy demand is in competition with domestic energy requirements. As a result, these sources cannot quench the high demand hence the drive to utilize the natural gas and oil deposits content beneath the surface. Fracking remains the only alternative to solve the equation despite much criticism it has so far faced in most parts of the world. This article, therefore, tries to explain the rationale behind fracking while addressing the concerns and fears of the majority of farmers and on natural resources brings a balance at current and future energy needs and social welfare.

Addressing the Concerns on the Depletion of Agricultural Water

Firstly, the MX2 Company has thought carefully while deciding the location of its fracking site. The choice of the site located near the ocean has been arrived at after a rigorous mass consultation with the public and the local councils bearing in mind that fracking involves fracturing of the creek rock. Reports have shown such rock cracking has been associated with earthquakes and shaking of surface structures such as buildings. At the ocean shore, there are few settlements, and the effects of the fracking would, therefore, have minimal impacts on the dwelling areas.

Consequently, fracking consumes a lot of water to extract the gas underneath, and as a result, the company has decided to use ocean water instead of the surface water used for agricultural activities. The company has as well considered the side effects of the fracking activities and therefore has well-organized wastes deposits. The effluents would be disposed of through the dug pits and trenches heading to the oceans. Pollution is a significant concern in the whole world and efforts are geared towards cresting habitable environment. All the effluents shall be treated before being released to the ocean to take care of the aquatic life. In this arrangement, the farmers fear that fracking will affect their agricultural activities have been addressed since oceanic water is not fit for agriculture. The treating of the effluent will ensure that the problem of pollution solves the problem of pollution. to ensure that it is not depleted to affect tourism activities along the coast.

Addressing the Issue of Earthquakes

Secondly, the concerns that the fracking process causes earthquakes are addressed through collaboration with the state department of disaster response. The MX2 Company has relied on the earthquake reports released by the reports on the fracking process to ensure that it does not repeat the mistake of exposing the people to the dangers of earthquakes. The reports indicate that the fracking process was responsible for earthquakes that ranged approximately 1.5 to 2.2 magnitudes near Blackpool, and Cuadrilla Company had to stop the shale gas mining tests. As a result, the cracking and shaking of the bedrock cause instability on the surface. Given this fundamental concern, the MX2 Company has obtained a mining license under strict guidelines that it should monitor the effects of the whole fracking process. The instructions, among other dictates, orders that shaking that are at 0.5 magnitudes should stop the process.

Furthermore, the company shall use a magnetic imaging system that will monitor the activities underneath. The daily reports provide the nature of the fracking process and reporting to the progress to the state for safety concerns. It is an exercise we shall carry out with utmost care, ensuring that the human concerns are addressed. Thorough environmental impact assessment has been done considering even the minor effects associated with the shaking of the bedrock to the surrounding structures.

Addressing the Issue of Jobs

Thirdly, fracking has significantly lowered gas price in Australia. Such a decrease in fuel prices owes it to the much production of the natural gas through fracking. The establishment of the industry avails gas to the community at relatively low prices, one of the socio-responsibility measures to the surrounding community. The usage of gases that emit less content of carbon dioxide gas into space helps in the fight against global warming.

Moreover, it shall create both formal and informal jobs to the people. Such a boost will improve living standards. The fears from the farmers that the effects of fracking shall decline education of their children are addressed. The aspect will reduce overreliance on agriculture. Notably, the society will at long last appreciate the role of industrialization in Australia.

In conclusion, fracking can be a risky environmental activity. Therefore, keen environmental concerns should be thought carefully. Fracking has offered a promising process to exploit natural gas deposits. The use of magnetic imaging to monitor the activity and subsequent treatment and proper disposal of the effluent will address the environmental concerns. The establishment of the fracking site near the ocean solves the concerns of consuming agricultural water and weakening of the basement rock as a result of fracturing. Hydrocarbons that are harvested in the process can be used for commercial purposes, improving the living standards of the society. Campaigns against fracking have been going viral opposing its adoption. For example, the United Kingdom government has faced much criticism by her move to harvest natural gas through fracking. However, such criticism is as a result of an informed misconception. Remarkably, I believe that this article will change our mindsets and views as far as fracking is concerned. However, involving the community and the local councils at the very early stages is beneficial. Such an early involvement will ensure that the concerns from the community and experts are put into consideration to avoid adverse effects at the end.