Question

Why do people protest fracking? Check all that apply.

It can pollute the air.
It can decrease oil production.
It can pollute wells.
It can increase climate change.
It can cause injection-induced earthquakes.
It can make gas reserves harder to reach.

Answer 1

The correct answers on Edgen are:

(A.) It can pollute the air.

(C.) It can pollute wells.

(D.) It can increase climate change.

(E.) It can cause injection-induced earthquakes.

I just answered the question and these are right.

Answer 2

The correct answers are:

- It can pollute the air;

- It can pollute wells;

- It can increase climate change;

- It can cause injection-induced earthquakes;

The fracking is a process in which liquid in high pressure is injected into boreholes or subterranean rocks in order to force open the existing fissures and extract oil and gas.

This process causes a lot of stress in the crust, and there's a possibility that it can cause earthquakes, though not very strong ones, but still enough to make damage. Also, it manages to make cracks, which can lead to a pollution of the wells if there's groundwater nearby. Since this process increases the extraction of oil and gas it results in an ever-growing pollution of the air, thus increasing the climate changes.