The Reasons Why Fracking Should Be Banned

In northeastern Pennsylvania there is a movement happening, it's called the Gas Boom. Let's elaborate a little more. The Natural Gas Boom, or more called Marcellus Shale. There have been over 10 gas companies that have come into Northeast Pennsylvania counties. Bradford, the county that I am from, Susquehanna, and Wyoming counties have all seen these companies. They have left behind what have changed everyone that lives in these areas lives. Now I am going to give you the pros and cons about natural gas drilling and fracking. From my area back home we have had natural gas drilling occur for about a good five years. I could possibly help you make your mind up on if it should or shouldn't be banned. I have mixed feelings about it due to various reasons. Those reasons will be in this paper.

The land that is in my area is beautiful scenery. We have scenic overlooks that overlooks farm lands, the beautiful Susquehanna River that runs through Bradford County. The land has many hills, mountains, and windy roads. Bradford County, my county, has nice small towns that have great families, beautiful farm land and hunting land, all to be changed by the Natural Gas Boom. It started around 2009, since then it has just grown until last year, 2014, they all just packed up and left. Leaving all the people who were employed, that had leases with these companies, and the people who had mineral rights with the companies wondering. Will we see them anymore, will they be back or what is going to happen now.

What people have said about the gas boom is mixed opinions. Some oppose to it, some like the idea. There are people that have gotten what they were promised and there were some that didn't get what they were promised. People feel it should be banned because of what it has done to the land. It has taken away hunting land away from some people that hunt and hurts the harvesting of animals. Also hurts the scenery of the land because of how trashy it looks. People feel it shouldn't be banned because they were the ones who either has worked for the gas companies, leased their land or got gas rights, or they just plain liked to see the economy booming around the area. Business owners said it has helped business, a lot of them have approved of it not only because it helped them improve sales but because more word got out about them, helped be recognized more.

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There are many pros to fracking for natural gas. One of them is the money. People that the gas companies went to, mainly farmers, got leases with these companies. This is where they can drill on you land and if they finish and the well on your land is producing gas you are getting a percentage of the money from it. Many people have gotten hundreds of dollars from this; they get royalty checks from the companies every month until they shut the well off to conserve what it is producing. That is one of the main benefits that people that have leased their land to these gas companies. Now you are probably asking, how the community is benefitting from this. The answer is jobs, more business, and economy in the area is better.

In Bradford County there were many jobs created, businesses were booming, mostly the hotels. These gas workers that were in the area would come in my area and rent hotel rooms as an apartment to stay in when they are there. More bought campers and bought lots at trailer parks and lived there. Many bought land from some people and made a little pad for a camper and lived there. The businesses were booming, garages, gas stations, small businesses and like I said hotels. One small business that began to grow was Graphix by Billy, a small business that made decals for the companies and others. This is my father's business. He began to slow down to where he closed the garage part of the business and started to focus on the graphics part. The gas boom came and companies needed signs and trucks lettered and they came to him. Things started to look great.

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