Blog post #2

I have found two sources on the subject of hydraulic fracturing. The first source is tufts. This is a valid source because it is an educational site and it discusses the pro's and con's of hydraulic fracturing. This source does a good job of giving examples on how fracking can be dangerous. This source explains how the hydraulic fracturing process is carried out. It does not give as much details about the process that some other websites would. Tufts is focused on not only the bad things about fracturing, it also presents solid points on how hydraulic fracturing can be good. According to Tufts, fracturing provides substantial economic benifits and the problems associated with fracturing are very few. The next source I used for research was in The New York Times opinion pages. This is also a valid source because it is a post from a very popular magazine. Although it is an opinion post, the author adressed some of the pro's as well as some of the con's. The main focus of the article seemed like it was focused more on the con's though. This article dicusses how hydraulic fracturing can be harmful to local environments and also how fracturing contributes to the global climate change. Hydraulic fracturing has been going on in America since the 1940's, which is quite a surprise to me. I thought that fracturing started much later. I hope to find more sources that detail how many people are affected by this and also what the long term effect of hydraulic fracturing will be.