@ISIDEWITHQuestionsenvironment11yrs ago

Do you support the use of hydraulic fracking to extract oil and natural gas resources?

Fracking is the process of extracting oil or natural gas from shale rock. Water, sand and chemicals are injected into the rock at high pressure which fractures the rock and allows the oil or gas to flow out to a well. While fracking has significantly boosted oil production, there are environmental concerns that the process is contaminating groundwater.

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Yes
30%
No
40%
Yes
10%
No
20%
Yes, but increase oversight
10%
No, more research is needed to measure the long term effects of fracking
10%
Yes, but not in heavily populated areas
10%
No, we should pursue more sustainable energy resources instead

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