We have recently deviated from the usual diet of fisheries-related themes, but our recent report on fracking received more momentum than expected. In return, we gained the attention of a licensed geologist. Here we share his forward projections about the fracking issue.
A geologist’s thoughts on fracking
Simon Kline, Licensed Geologist in the State of North Carolina
Like any type of resource extraction, fracking has costs and benefits. Often the negative aspects are publicized and provide a bleak and threatening picture of a fracked landscape. The jury is still out on the ultimate costs and benefits of fracking, but several conditions need to be met before fracking will even take place. It turns out that natural gas deposits are not all created equally, each presenting a different list of considerations as fracking activities begin. Below, I briefly describe the unique geological conditions of fracking, using examples in North Carolina.
