What Exactly Is Fracking, And Is It Really That Bad?

[@grimaffiliations3671]

So we’re destroying the planet extracting something that further destroys the planet? Sounds awesome

[@arvindiyer1649]

That's sounds so dumb of us

[@TeeDee87]

sounds like Soviet Union or USA.

[@xXDESTINYMBXx]

@@TeeDee87 or China lol

[@deepstariaenigmatica2601]

trickle down economics trickle down economic trickle down economi trickle down econom trickle down econo trickle down econ trickle down eco trickle down ec trickle down e trickle dow trickle do trickle d trickle trickl trick

[@justjatin]

Its more environmentally friendly than making batteries for electricity and also more sustainable than importing oil from a country like Saudi Arabia

[@iano0100]

Here in the Netherlands they did fracking in the province of Groningen. A lot of houses are damaged beond repair and many people had to leave. (because of earthquakes that happen after the fracking.)

[@AifDaimon]

when did the fracking stop?

[@iano0100]

I've looked it up and found out that the government has order to stop the fracking before 2030 but as it now stands the fracking in Groningen will have stoped in 2022, so there still doing it today.. mybad, I edited my mistake out.

[@AifDaimon]

@@iano0100 so fracking is causing these earthquakes that never happened before??

[@ReclusiveEagle]

@@AifDaimon Yes. An earthquake is the result of hundreds of tons of rocks shifting and sliding. Since fracking leaves holes in the rock (drilling) and then creates weak points (fracturing) its literally an artificial earthquake machine

[@iano0100]

@@AifDaimon yes, the Netherlands is not near any fracture zones. We don't have any earthquakes normally around here.

[@sam93931]

problem with "green energy" atm is, batteries are extremely harmful to the environment as well.. cause you gotta extract those rare minerals that are also deep beneath the earth.

[@sam93931]

@@jehorigby8778 indeed

[@egesajesse]

I think this narrative is what the oil proponents would like us to believe… “batteries are just as bad as this or even worse, stay with this”… am not saying it isn’t without its issues but am convinced it’s better… at this point whatever gets us ahead is useful in this battle.

[@sam93931]

@@egesajesse it's getting better and will most definitely be far superior the more research and money are spent for it. I'm not anti green energy FYI, you just can't rush it.

[@MrOnay-px1jx]

@@egesajesse so what about nuclear that produces the most energy and is the cleanest for the environment

[@Eltipoquevisteayer]

But many Fossil Fuel powered objects also have batteries

[@Lord_Magikarp]

Honey, our water is on fire!

[@coolpritish1]

Ooo first reply.

[@FinubJames]

Panics and pours more water on it.

[@soumitratewari483]

@@coolpritish1 arey dada yeh ‘first reply' ka chakkar ab bandh vi karo !!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@deepstariaenigmatica2601]

@@soumitratewari483 lol

[@arthurmorgan6087]

Believe it or not that’s normal and predates fracking in these areas

[@randywiedenfeld7094]

Ironically I am an engineer who used to work in this area and there were several factual errors that are commonly repeated outside of the industry. The funniest thing I saw was the fluids being shown in this video were drilling mud/ fluids not fracking fluids, a distinct difference.

[@Wicked7outdoors]

As someone that works in this industry the misinformation in this video is laughable

[@tbd-5160]

I don't even need to watch the video. The answer is Yes. As a geologist my job is to know the damage injecting fluid into bedrock to release menial amounts of fuel. I understand fuel independence, but, depending on depth, this procedure has a serious possibility of affecting the water table and local streams and rivers.

[@arvindiyer1649]

Hey seeker, could you make a video on south korea's 'artificial sun' ? It would be interesting to see the benefits of this in the future!

[@shubh_007]

Wait what??? Korea as well? I thought it's China. because recently I've be reading some news about Chinese and their artificial Sun.

[@shrin210]

@@shubh_007 Korea beat the China record about fusion heating.

[@Metalhorse_]

Naaah leave that to Vertisium or Star Talks.

[@DimitarN]

I though it would be an artificial moon, not a sun.

[@Roaring2Thunder]

Can was not call it that?

[@WilhelmDrake]

"What Exactly Is Fracking, And Is It Really That Bad?" No, it's worse, way worse.

[@gqoniefh]

Yep....That's the narrative.

[@davemckinney6555]

I live in Pennsylvania and anybody out there who says fracking isn't a terrible idea either has no idea or is on the payroll of a fracking company....

[@TheUnitedMarshmallowFederation]

Is franking not popular over there?

[@davemckinney6555]

@@TheUnitedMarshmallowFederation it's popular for the workers in the industry and anyone who makes money from it, but it's terrible for the environment and any people who actually live near the sites where it's done. Imagine turning on your water and being able to literally set the water on fire.

[@deepstariaenigmatica2601]

@@davemckinney6555 krapitalism

[@michielput3311]

Below my country there is one of the biggest natural gasfield in the world. We have been using the gas for decades. Sadly because of the fracking alot of earthquakes are happening in a pretty big radius around the well. Alot of homes are badly damaged because of it. While alot of countries are replacing coal and oil for natural gas, we are actually closing our wells and building windmills or buying green energy from countries like denmark.

[@davemckinney6555]

@@deepstariaenigmatica2601 if you mean profit at the expense of people, then you are exactly correct.

[@piyushprasad2878]

Plz when u say gallon also show litres in subtitle there are people outside us watching u

[@georgplaz]

I don't know why we have to ask about this on every fracking video :P

[@scientistsbaffled5730]

Murica....beeeach

[@kprofitt32]

Do some conversions. Sharpen your math skills.

[@eatmyshortsanytime]

@@kprofitt32 you serious. Your are using nonsensical units of measurement, not ask other people on Earth

[@anonymousanonymous31]

@@kprofitt32 I'm a Computer Science Undergraduate, I don't need to sharpen my math skills outside of my math assignments doing useless conversions that most people Google anyway. Plus, I watch KZbin to relax and enjoy video content, not to be forced to decimal division during my free time because a content creator doesn't care enough about their audience outside the US to add some simple text to their video.

[@jekanyika]

When you are squeezing blood from a stone things have probably gone too far.

[@ThomasKelly.]

I would like to see double the current spending on fusion energy research. It will help bring fusion energy to reality sooner. It is the inevitable future of permanent, clean and unlimited energy production.

[@danielalasoo2930]

Just another 10 years mate, as always

[@cageybee7221]

first i would like to see some investment in alternatives that actually exist, like Nuclear power and Geothermal. you, things we can actually do NOW to produce large reliable quantities of power without pumping toxic gas into the same air we all breathe.

[@lexmortis5722]

Bezos: laughing in 150 times the funding budget, for all these projects on earth.

[@christophertaylor6079]

If officials didn’t profit from it so there conscience wasn’t cloud by their greed it would not get green lighted the law needs to be changed... lobbying and such like practices are pure criminal unfair systems designed to achieve the biggest profitability all round, it’s beyond immoral.

[@AKAtheA]

@@cageybee7221 new nuke plant is 10-15 years *if* everything goes according to plan...and close to $1B...

[@JDubyafoto]

Let's see a video on the environmental impact of lithium mining and the finite supply of lithium since everyone seems to believe that electricity has no environmental impact.

[@IanGrams]

When has anyone claimed batteries have no environmental impact?

[@DawauneHayes]

This is a valid point, electric generation and storage as we know it is extremely harmful. This doesn’t negate the fact that fracking is also unsustainable. It is not a matter of “either or” but rather “neither AND” meaning, there has to be work beyond where we are today. We should see all of our current methods only as stepping stones to truly renewable regenerative energy.

[@grahamehadden4320]

It's bad, go Nuclear.

[@adumberfling9959]

fission or fusion?

[@manatoa1]

@@adumberfling9959 fission for now, fusion some day. We're probably at least several decades out from commercially viable fusion power.

[@pbjracing14yearsago49]

@@manatoa1 or maybe thorium power!

[@manatoa1]

@@pbjracing14yearsago49 absolutely thorium power! It is fission, too, though. To my way of thinking, the reactor type is more important than the fuel type. If it's a molten salt reactor, and ideally a breeder reactor, then I'm happy.

[@cageybee7221]

when your only selling point is being slightly better than literal coal, stop selling.

[@arthurmorgan6087]

It’s a lot better than coal

[@mrkokolore6187]

@@arthurmorgan6087 40% isn't a lot. Nuclear energy is 100% better as it is carbon neutral.

[@arthurmorgan6087]

@@mrkokolore6187 Nuclear energy is better sure. How does that translate to powering cars? So you need batteries. How do they make those and what is the environmental impact of those processes? How is nuclear going to meet polymer demand? How is it going to meet chemical demand

[@rajashashankgutta4334]

Instead we should live without modern amenities.

[@arthurmorgan6087]

@@rajashashankgutta4334 how do you plan on convincing 7.6 billion to do that lol

[@mboiko]

1990 - 2017 CO2 Emissions Change - EU -19%, US +0.4%, Japan +15%, China +354%, India +305%....NOTICE that both China and India are rarely ever mentioned even though China is almost 2x US emissions and India is half of US emissions. Together China and India account for 35% of ALL CO2 emissions, while the US is 15% of ALL CO2 emissions.

[@xXDESTINYMBXx]

So you wanna deny all the countries that haven't gone through industrialisation progress? Keeping the poor, poor? Why not improve yourself and then help others improve themselves?

[@dhruvmane3621]

Duh! Countries starting from lower level of industrialization will show faster gain. China and India host third of humanity to churn out that much emissions while US has roughly 4% of world population churning out that 15% of global emissions. Not to mention Europe and US fully industrialized decades ahead of Asian countries and had already dumped enough CO2 to kickstart global warming. Its not Asians who pulled out of international climate change efforts by citing economic hardship. Shifting blame on newcomers trying to industrialize their way out of extreme poverty won't help. Eating less Mcburgers might. Will also help with obesity epidemic.

[@Trainy2]

It's insane and scary that they don't have to disclose the chemicals they use for fracking.

[@dinglesworld]

Exactly, its weird they can pick and choose what's "classified" or not

[@Catlily5]

We should be able to know what our communities are being polluted with.

[@babyyoda5074]

6:21 'Cheaper' You forgot the word 'cheaper'.

[@EnigmaticLucas]

Cheaper for the 1%

[@davidmaisel8062]

unless oil stays over $50 a barrel which it won't, it's not cheaper and the cleanup process has unknown costs that bankrupt companies won't pay.

[@Telencephelon]

4:48 Word of caution to you all: You don't smell Methane or natural gas for that matter! It depends on the source and (natural or artifical) contaminants. And methane drives the greenhouse many orders of magnitude more than CO2

[@nutzeeer]

usually gas is spiked with a smell so you can notice leaks. this is not the case when it comes out of your water taps, however, as it was never supposed to be there

[@frankmueller25]

CH4 has a GWP 84 times CO2 initially but is converted to water & CO2 in about a decade so the average for 100 years is 21 to 28 times CO2.

[@JC-hq3ub]

@@nutzeeer yes, it was always there.

[@nutzeeer]

@@JC-hq3ub then why are there news about people lighting their tap water on fire if its so normal?

[@JC-hq3ub]

@@nutzeeer it's normal is this particular area, which again has been catalogued time and time again. Here in TX there is alot of fracking, and nowhere does the water catch on fire. I assure you . This may surprise you, but most "news" has a narrative and agenda.

[@rolfyone]

I'd really love a video on how green 'green' technologies are... we hear a lot about them being better ,but at one stage solar panels took more energy to produce than they would generate in their life time, and a lot of the materials used in 'green' cars are anything but friendly...

[@vodkaboy]

"took more energy to produce than they would generate in their life time" that's not true at all. are you from Alberta lmao

[@leander_1_]

6:22 Unfortunately those energy sources rely on fracking too. They need gas peakers to equalize grid variability. Nuclear neither needs fracking nor a lot of space. It also does not emit GHG during power generation. Small modular reactors, which are heading for market entry, may replace peakers due to their smaller size and reduced cost.

[@anthonydunn729]

Just so you know, because they're allowed to pump tons of chemicals into the ground without disclosing what they are, it actually gives them the opportunity to legally get rid of industrial toxic waste for free. Fracking is a nightmare, we literally have energy pouring down on us. Solar tech only gets better every year and we're nowhere near the end of that process, more like the beginning.

[@akshaykumarvyas]

Please see how toxic and environmentally destructive it is to make solar cells

[@justinvideoman]

Doesn't work at night!

[@RohitBorah]

@@justinvideoman it does work new certain plants uses big multiple mirrors which focuses (solar)light beam at a particular point generally molten salt is used, also they use thermal redundancy capacity of molten salt to generate power at night, molten salt acts as a big thermal power bank for heat exchangers to work and produce power and anyways if you wanna know more you can look it up, it's called concentrated solar power plant or CSP for short

[@sgtd9651]

Also why not explain to people the process of making batteries and what happens when they are disposed of

[@sungodra1226]

Fracking bad. Return to renewable energy.

[@AifDaimon]

Time to leave fracking behind and focus on more environmentally-friendly methods instead.

[@mikopiko]

Like?

[@AifDaimon]

@@mikopiko solar & wind energy, dumbass

[@cageybee7221]

@@mikopiko or nuclear and geothermal (geothermal actually uses a similar tactic to fracking, though only with water and not the extraction chemicals, and it doesn't require a specific kind of rock. just ground heat. fracking tech could easily be repurposed for geo.)

[@georgplaz]

@@AifDaimon was the "dumbass" really necessary? insulting people is the surest way to not have people consider your values/proposals

[@AifDaimon]

@@georgplaz was your protest really necessary either?!

[@sownheard]

Fracking is one of the dumbest way to get energy.

[@JC-hq3ub]

Because you watched a video on youtube you're now an expert eh? Fracking is what ushered America to it's energy independence, and oil is what creates pretty much everything around you. Research dude, research.

[@sooryakiran9538]

Whoever thinking this is bad, as a petroleum engineering graduate, my paper was on polymer flooding. Which is on an other level.😅

[@potterma63]

While fracking is bad, so-called "renewables" are as bad or worse. Check out the waste streams for solar, the environmental impact of solar thermal, wind and wave energy production. We need to focus on nuclear. Fusion is the future.

[@JimLockwoodShow]

Video editing is one of the most process power intensive things you can do on a computer. I would love someone to do an analysis on the carbon footprint of the average KZbinrs KZbin video

[@massimookissed1023]

Look at the power draw of high-end graphics cards used by gamers. Imagine living with a 1000W heater running just to play games, and then possibly running aircon to try to stay cool.

[@locogringo4rzl]

I wonder how many lithium batteries they use on daily basis🤔 ..but..but electric cars will save the planet 🤡🌎

[@kantoros]

The steak you ate for dinner had a higher carbon footprint, probably hundreds of times higher.

[@LastEarBender]

Let's do this same thing with every energy solution- including the manufacturing process of batteries for electric cars and the mining for the materials required to make them. Everything can be picked apart and everything has upsides as well as down.

[@arthurmorgan6087]

Stop using logic. We don’t do that here

[@teamxcelap2]

A lot of hate. Not a lot of reasonable alternatives. Way to go whiners. Also, the tap water on fire bit has been disproven multiple times. It happens, but fracking is not the cause. Do better research.

[@danyelPitmon]

I take it then you are a supporter of fracking which means you are against the environment human life and animal life

[@JC-hq3ub]

@@danyelPitmon you use oil every single day. I guess you hate life too, eh?

[@teamxcelap2]

@@danyelPitmon instead of ridiculous assumptions and personal insults based on logical fallacies, how about you try to answer my comment? What is a reasonable alternative? I don't have to be a "supporter" of fracking (such as strange assertion) to recognize the flaws in the criticism presented here.

[@wesleydabes9107]

Fracking is virtually harmless if done properly. The issues that get so publicized are due to improper fracking where they don't fill the well (typically with concrete) or they just leave the liquid in the well to seep through the ground. The other issue that people see is the improper disposal of the fracking liquid. If you follow all these rules, fracking only leaves a "scar".

[@birthdayclown8198]

Where can I learn more about this?

[@finitewehosh6542]

On the environmental note, coal mines are way more destructive on the environment than fracking. And while that might be a low bar to hit, even a small improvement is an improvement worth pursuing.

[@asdfkjhlk34]

Not really when it could be invested in things that are way better

[@mspoints4fre123]

Best solution is more government oversite into fracking and intensive process before fracking is allowed in an area to see if it will affect any water resources. Getting rid of it totally is economically stupid.

[@georgplaz]

5:05 great video.. but please, put metric units on screen ._.

[@adumberfling9959]

Or just use Google like everyone else that doesn't know what the 1.5 million times 3.7854118 is... Witch is for anyone who wants to take my word for it 5678117.68 liters up to 60566588.544 liters of water per fr@ckin well.... 1.5 mil is way easier to say and remember

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

Nice video.

[@damientreveton1568]

Is it safe? No. Does it destroy the lands around? Yes. Does it decrease land value of the surrounding areas? Yes. Does it destroy small rural towns near the fracking? Yes.

[@abstro9942]

Fracking is worth it. She showed one EXTREME example like she said, so that rarely happens then. They don't want you to know that the USA would be self depended on oil.

[@arthurmorgan6087]

I challenge anyone who is saying fracking is bad or needs to be banned to provide a single or multiple alternatives to fracking. And no, not just for fuel. But an alternative that meets the demand for all fuel and other petroleum products. Clothes, polymers, electronics- you name it. You answer has to have a lesser environmental impact, and you’ve got to meet or exceed the world demand sustainably.

[@iamcomcy]

Thanks for this overview!

[@SF-li9kh]

For some reason, I always misread "fracking" 😁😁

[@RobSummers993]

Please make a video on LFTR (Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor). This amazing reactor design does not get the publicity and attention it deserves. Despite it's own set of engineering challenges, it solves many of the extreme hazards present in traditional PWRs (Pressurized Water Reactor).

[@coreybonsall]

The reason NG pricing is artificially low with fracking is because NG is a BY-PRODUCT of fracking; the main production target is light crude oil (C2-C8). When Russia and OPEC started fighting over oil production levels in early 2020, and the crude oil market crashed, rig counts crashed, and the pricing of NG started climbing again, in some cases reversing the cost differential for coal/NG in US electricity production. And while renewables are often underpricing baseload thermal (fossil fuel) generation in the daily and hourly markets, there is still not enough electrical storage and transmission to provide uninterrupted service to the US grid. Cost of storage is still 5-10 years away from reaching parity with the current generation stack, so there will be a transitional period for the next 10-15 years minimum.

[@amirbahalegharn365]

just as expected as what only a human would/could do.....

[@liebendeinsam]

Some of us are dumb parasites.

[@kathleenrobertpogue6818]

@@liebendeinsam you can speak for yourself bud.

[@EnigmaticLucas]

@@liebendeinsam *All of us (including myself)

[@gamers-xh3uc]

@@EnigmaticLucas everyone is a parasite but not all parasites are dumb

[@liebendeinsam]

@@gamers-xh3uc kkkkkkkkkkkk

[@philipmoore449]

Hey Seeker, could you show a factually accurate picture of “frac”? You obviously have no idea.

[@klondike444]

"In a world that's demanding more and more energy every year,..." -- and there's our problem, for which there's no practical solution.

[@jamesh1017]

Oh yes there are many solutions, its called birth control, its available as a pill, shot and several other methods, many oh natural.

[@cxpeezy1523]

@@jamesh1017 😂😂

[@Toastmaster_5000]

​@@jamesh1017 On a serious note, there are actual solutions. Machines (both electronic and mechanical) are becoming increasingly efficient. Certain crops can be modified to have higher yield in less land area and with less water. People could eat less beef, which is a very inefficient food in almost every regard (pork, chicken, fish, and insects aren't much of a problem). Governments could push for more recycling. The thing is, we don't really have a reason to look into such things since we _currently_ don't need them.

[@jpe1]

@@Toastmaster_5000 how can you say pork is less of a problem? What metric are you using to judge “problematic” that has the factory farming of pigs as less problematic than the factory farming of cows?

[@klondike444]

@@jamesh1017 I'm afraid it's not a practical solution, for temporal and cultural reasons, especially because most people are not even aware of the problem. Population will be controlled, but it's not likely to be in that way.

[@selky_smooth]

That hands down has to be the poorest explanation I've ever heard. She does not take the whole picture into perspective. And no natural gas is not worse then coal. You obviously forgot what the aftermath of mines are.

[@xXDESTINYMBXx]

What is the aftermath of mines?

[@ollie2111]

Yes. It is that bad.

[@godwinemerald2289]

No it is not

[@xXDESTINYMBXx]

@@godwinemerald2289 yes it is shill

[@ollie2111]

@@godwinemerald2289 have fun trying to drink actual flaming tap water. 🚰🔥🚱

[@godwinemerald2289]

@@ollie2111 that a lie Even in places where there are no fracking water still catches flame 🔥

[@NathanDudani]

It's criminal that this video wasn't recommended widely by KZbin. Honestly, a multi-million subscriber channel should have a lot more than 50k views a day after coming out!

[@megamanx466]

It's not criminal; it's an algorithm. 😑

[@phungphan2245]

Another reason government shouldn't be interfering with capitalism. Get rid of subsidies and deregulate. Then we don't have to worry about our land getn' fracked. Government incentivizes inefficiency. Look at USDA in farm practices for example.

[@xXDESTINYMBXx]

The government can also solve market inefficiencies.

[@phungphan2245]

@@xXDESTINYMBXx no, government oversight makes most things inefficient. Our government is not insentivized by money. It creates a lot of red tape and thus waste money. That's why most african countries are poor despite having lots of resources. That's why US welfare system keeps people poor and that's why san Francisco has such high homelessness just to list a few. What examples do you know of that government makes things efficient?

[@beard05]

Well explained .... thanks !

[@jamiesnow8190]

The secrecy around these "proprietary" chemical washes is very frustrating

[@luddity]

How hard can it be to determine the chemical composition of pollutants tho?

[@randywiedenfeld7094]

Most of the industry went to voluntarily disclosing the chemicals on sites like fracfocus.org for individual wells, but obviously since this is voluntarily, not all of them are fully disclosing all of the chemicals with the use of proprietary still poping up. Even the companies handling the chemicals can't get full details if the chemicals are within the limits to be non-DOT regulated (Department of Transpertation regulated). The handler does get the basic Safety Data Sheet though.

[@WvlfDarkfire]

It's "pretty FRACKING risky" haven't heard that in a while

[@bretwood4080]

Fracking may not be the best, but there are also environmental problems with the production of the "cleaner" methods such as wind and solar. Truly the best form of "environmentally friendly" energy is either nuclear or hydro. But at the moment, until a "end all" solution is found it is logical to improve on ALL forms of energy. Making them cleaner, more efficient or cheaper in some way.

[@PuneetMehra]

Excellent video. I like CBA (cost benefit analysis) videos !!

[@gowengetter4599]

And the next video is about how harmful solar panel and lithium batteries are to make and then recycle when broken.

[@xXDESTINYMBXx]

Go tell that myth in an elderly home

[@williwilliams5238]

Let’s go knock down statues of Henry Ford and the wright brothers!

[@nekikins4936]

This is a milestone in human history. Saying at the end that we should spend more resources focused on solar etc is not how the world works. If we stopped fracking tomorrow to “focus on other greener energy initiatives” then all you would do is make a lot of people freeze to death and a lot more without jobs. There are people who have an avid interest in solar energy advancements. Those people are already working on it - but saying “stop fracking” is not a simple solution. We need to wait until there is another sustainable source before we can move to another option.

[@nekikins4936]

I would appreciate if seeker and it’s hosts would present more unbiased discussion and talk about things rather then having a political agenda about so much

[@djash7161]

Frack is Whack

[@xavark1]

I suggest that you do one of these videos on the pros and cons of waste to energy facilities

[@aurimasb1732]

6:37 would def pay to hear Maren swear

[@BenMalas]

LOL

[@deeb3272]

How to they make those tubes go horizontal tho.

[@axem.8338]

What the frack!?

[@bigvosh]

yay maren! happy new year!

[@gusmartin6053]

I live in Kansas and we have been having lots of earthquakes lately. The strongest has only been a 3.8 magnitude so not too bad but definitely concerning since Kansas was never known to have earthquakes until recent years. This is assumed to be caused by disposal wells related to fracking.

[@MMMeis]

Yeah. I lived in Derby for 20+ years and I never felt any earthquakes until they started fracking in Oklahoma.

[@gusmartin6053]

@Edgar Gomez yes you're correct, there is no direct evidence. I am scheptical about the cause of these earth quakes as well. The theory that I have heard is that the disposal wells provide lubrication which allows some movement to relieve stressesthat already exist. Also the earthquakes started just after the start of fracking activity in the area. However there could be other explanations. I would be interested to hear those.

[@Galford8322]

This is not how earthquakes work. They are caused by tectonic plates. The evidence that fracking is to blame is close to conspiracy land.

[@minimikee]

This is very fracking helpful

[@dianahumpstead3508]

Great job doing a fair and balanced analysis and explaining both sides of the issue!

[@Yummiergravy]

this was not fair or balanced, it obviously doesn't explore the alternative: importing our resources from foreign entities. There is more than monetary cost when it comes to importation.

[@diegopicadidot8948]

Kudos for the courage. Facts need a voice!

[@MushBrimmin]

Fracking causes earthquakes too

[@isaacelone3699]

She said that in 5:30

[@1robrace]

No, fracking doesn't cause earthquakes. Re-injecting water recovered from fracking sites into injection wells causes very small earthquakes. Google "induced seismicity".

[@isaacelone3699]

@@1robrace Google Pawnee Oklahoma M5.8

[@1robrace]

@@isaacelone3699 Your reference proves my point in the very first sentence: "The 2016 M5.8 Pawnee, Oklahoma earthquake is the largest earthquake to have been induced by wastewater disposal." Note that it's talking about wastewater DISPOSAL, which is completely different than fracking. Disposal occurs in different wells, typically at much deeper depths, and often nowhere near the fracking wells. I'm not denying the earthquakes are occurring, but they're part of the disposal of wastewater generated during fracking and not part of the fracking itself.

[@marc-alexandrefortin4700]

@seeker hey, it would be very cool if you could do a video on renewable natural gas, especially made of organic waste.

[@DawauneHayes]

Anaerobic Digesters and other organic material conversions would be super cool!

[@SleepySteve79]

In my country we normally hardly get any earthquake but after fracking for several years we have alot of earthquakes. Stone houses unset and to dangerous to live in. The government will stop fracking in 2022 in regards to this.

[@JimLockwoodShow]

I don’t like fracking either. But in the US a lot of offshore drilling is banned. So we are reliant on transporting fuel from Middle East. What is your solution? Yes yes… We pollute. But what is your solution? Complaining about pollution isn’t a solution

[@blainevans9237]

Fracking also is not like a traditional oil well, with sites becoming dormant 80% faster.

[@czar2074]

So what is the solution to this issue?

[@madpanda7954]

Nuclear.

[@czar2074]

@@madpanda7954 fusion?

[@czar2074]

@@madpanda7954 if so I agree.

[@equable8gaming263]

AHHHH frack, that sounds bad...

[@prathikk646]

Thank you🙏🤗

[@thevincent1015]

I think any chemical put on under or over public and other peoples land should be public, even if it hurts profits.

[@12jalbrandao]

Make a video explaining why US gov subsidizes fracking.

[@bernardvantonder7291]

Why is it being subsidised?

[@gunterdapenguin5896]

It's not strictly true that it was the gas from fracking that contaminated the water in Philly, or anywhere really, reports from the EPA concluded that it was because of gas naturally found in the ground, many places (including new York, where it's banned and in the middle of frozen lakes) it happens as well, not because of fracking, however, the pipes and casings that were badly made or installed have caused problems with contamination, but so has it caused problems with conventional wells, not just fracking

[@randybenton3812]

Let's do it

[@rutufn0596]

Lefting aside all environnemental issues, the fracking process shows us how fossil fuels are becoming rare and hard to extract, same for the oil coming from tar sands... it's like squeezing very hard your sponge to get rid of it most of the water. This will not stop untill the last drop ! Is it the end of the "oil-ocene" Era yet ?

[@klondike444]

And probably of industrial society.

Key phrase: Bunch of chemicals.

[@justinvideoman]

Go Green, Go Nuclear!

[@elijahhmarshall]

If the power generation market was more open I bet there would be more nuclear power plants.

[@Catlily5]

Nuclear is not green either.

[@joesaotome7572]

I'm from Southwest Oklahoma, there is a fault line in the Wichita Mountains. Every year we would have hundreds micro quakes but we felt less then a handful.. that is until they started Fracking around the region. Noticeable quakes increased by 300%! Farmers and ranchers who depended on ground water started getting contaminated water from their wells. Fracking is not safe.

[@zanemartin8077]

Your well water is at 300-1000 feet deep.. they drill almost a mile down. And they drill with water and sand… when they hit the water table. It’s not an issue because before they even go any deeper, the hole is sealed off from any intrusion from outside or inside sources. They don’t use chemicals until they are a mile down in the dilution of chemicals is almost less than one percent. And all the chemicals that are pumped down and get pumped back up they don’t stay down there. the cracks that are formed from fracking are filled with sand… please go look up some thing more educational. And in case you didn’t know, fracking is a result of the explosive charge. Not water power washing rocks away. Hydraulic refers to the water and sand being pumped.. there’s where the term hydraulic fracking comes from.

[@plexi3d]

I would like you to do video about lunar regolith and its potential as well as its downsides and whether we are facing the same issue with Mars. Please.

[@TylerFernandes94]

You had me in the first half, not gonna lie

[@dinglesworld]

Not only is it considerably worse than what coal was, it is government subsidized (taxpayer money) and doesn't even show profit...how is this even a thing that our government representatives consider beneficial?

[@Toastmaster_5000]

I like Marin's conclusion: It's naive to think we can just go ahead and focus entirely on renewable energies, but we need to get there somehow and fracking is a way to do that. To me, the only really stupid thing is how fracking isn't profitable. I'd rather us use coal and focus on a way to at least "capture" the pollution.

[@Toastmaster_5000]

​@@Darenz-cg9zg I agree, nuclear would be a great option. Unfortunately, there are too many horror stories and too many political issues revolving around nuclear. Another solution is geothermal power. That's nearly free, clean, infinite energy.

[@PJMontoya]

She said smoke and mirrors hide the true cost of fracking. Well made videos do the same thing. I’m not sure if I’m onboard or against fracking but I definitely don’t like well made videos that display bad information. It’s my understanding that fracking wells go way deeper than just 1 mile. Far deeper than the water table according to another well made video I watched. That reason alone is enough for me to question the accuracy of the claims made here

[@randywiedenfeld7094]

It true that most oil and gas wells go to greater depth than the water table for water wells, but ocassionally the casing fails and chemicals do make it into the water table. Unfortionately there is a lack of monitoring of the well casings, especially on older wells that may have never been fracked. It is one of the dirty secrets of the oil and gas industry that if you find a problem you are legally required to fix it, but you are not required to look for well integrity issue throughout the life of the well.

[@PJMontoya]

@@randywiedenfeld7094 I believe it. I also heard recently that Alberta is covered in abandoned wells on private property that the landowners are now responsible for. Any industry that pays the government big money (ie oil industry, car manufacturers, pharmaceuticals) are dirty in some ways but are given free passes. Protecting the environment doesn’t get enough votes to offset the costs so it takes a backseat. But like I originally said, I personally don’t know if it’s as bad as the tree hugging crowd would have us believe

[@outbackchillin5628]

now that's some serious after NYE party makeup leftover ! lol

[@randywiedenfeld7094]

All oil and gas production can cause earthquakes. It only makes since taking large volumes out from underground can cause the ground to shift. Fracking is to increase the amount of oil and gas that comes out of the ground, thus it causes earth quakes indirectly. During the injection of the relative small volumes of fluid of the fracking causing earth quakes has never been detected from the surface. It is common to put arrays of seismographs in neighboring wells to try to detect small fractures events, but those are below a one on the Richter scale. Acording to Wikipedia 1.0-1.9 is a microearthquakes, not felt, or felt rarely.

[@muskreality]

This is Fracking bad

[@Mouse2677]

Please do a video on Corn Ethanol as well!!

[@abinyahwalker7034]

Could you do a video comparing small nuclear and solar’s, and how they could impact the future of space exploration?

[@Draekeun]

I thought fracking was just an alternative for the F-word when I was younger. 🤯

[@Hetnikik]

It is in Stargate.

[@bakdiabderrahmane8009]

@@Hetnikik and Battelstar Galactica

[@brett4264]

You're thinking of frickin' or freakin'.

[@PeterSserwangaShow]

Dank farrik..

[@Hetnikik]

@@bakdiabderrahmane8009 Crap! Battlestar not Stargate

[@user-cj4fu8qq9b]

1:11 how?

[@aeAble]

Unrelated, but there is also 5.5 million miles of local distribution power lines.

[@samuelcarstens6152]

Well, Seeker is another blocked feed now.

[@BetaCuckAlpha]

I saw one look at her face and I knew what she was going to say about fracking