I had to explain fracking to my wife last night.

Did you know a fracking well has the same inherent risk as a conventional well?

Did you also know that one fracking well can cover on average the same area of 40 conventional wells? That is on average 40 less wells drilled to access the same amount of O&G as a conventional well.

Fracking wells usually drill 1.5-2 miles down and then proceed horizontally through the shale formation. Shale is like a sponge rather than a reservoir. It's a lot easier to access O&G from a reservoir like convectional wells. Fracking wells require the injection of fracking fluids to break up the O&G formations which allows them to be release to the surface.

So why does the left hate fracking?

Simple.


They hate fracking because 80% of them do not understand it and they are told to hate it. The 20% on the left that do understand it are advocates for "green energy". They are advocates for selling energy that competes with O&G energy. This 20% realizes that fracking technology increases O&G production and is beneficial to the American economy and allows consumers to purchase cheap affordable energy. This compete directly with green energy and lowers their profits.

So that big bad boogie man that is making your gasoline cheap for family trips and commuting and making natural gas cheap for heating your home during cold winters cheap, thank fracking.