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A 2013 study conducted by the University of Texas at Austin reported on a series of extensive measurements that were taken at various points of the fracking process , including right at the well pad . These measurements were taken at 190 fracking sites located throughout the U . S ., with access allowed by nine different energy companies that agreed had to participate .
Results from the study showed that the equipment installed at most of the wells had successfully reduced methane emissions by 99 percent . When juxtaposed with methane emissions estimates ( released by the EPA in April 2013 ) in the 2011 calendar year , the emissions during this study were 97 percent lower .
Argument # 2 : Renewable energy is replacing fossil fuels and other sources of nonrenewable energy . The Energy Information Administration claims that combining solar and wind energy will only make up about 10 percent of the power generated just in the United States by 2040 . When we look at how much stock Germany put into renewable energy — and how that
Fracking is directly responsible for a 47 percent drop in the price of natura
didn ’ t quite pan out — it seems apparent that fossil fuels are going to be hanging around a little longer .
On the other hand , the EIA estimates the U . S . has 2,552 trillion cubic feet of potential natural gas resources . On top of that , fracking is directly responsible for a substantial 47 percent drop in the price of natural gas , compared to what the prices would have been had fracking not been so widely employed in 2013 .
16 August 2015