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. Fracking has been widely used by petroleum in Canada since the 1960s. Critics of fracking say it pollutes underground water supplies with chemicals, releases methane gas into the atmosphere, and can cause seismic activity. Proponents of fracking say it will drop oil and gas prices in Spain and lead to energy independence.
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Province/Territory
Electoral District (2011)
Response rates from 4.8k Alberta voters.
53% Yes |
47% No |
42% Yes |
36% No |
6% Yes, but increase oversight |
7% No, we should pursue more sustainable energy resources instead |
5% Yes, but not in heavily populated areas |
4% No, more research is needed to measure the long term effects of fracking |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 4.8k Alberta voters.
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Unique answers from Alberta voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9ZNXRCY2wks2W
Yes, but increase oversight, and continue research on more sustainable energy resources along with measuring the long term effects of fracking.
@9WYDMSD1mo1MO
Yes, just away from populated areas, public water infrastructure and fresh water sources. we also need to ensure maintainence for those sights even if they get closed down to prevent the overflow of those contaminates from leaking into the ground.
@9RTLWCP4mos4MO
For LNG, I would support fracking with limitations to the environmental damage. I prefer that we pursue more sustainable and renewable energy, also as long as it isn't in heavily populated areas.
@9QZCYDN5mos5MO
Only with heavy oversight and in areas away from heavily populated areas. However we should try and move away from that.
@9MHCRJ27mos7MO
Yes, but the companies that does the extraction should be liable for the environmental clean up. A fee should be charges per barrels/Litres extracted and that fee goes into a pool that will be invested in the clean up
@9LJGNWT 8mos8MO
Yes, ONLY if all chemicals used in the process can be recovered, stripped out of wastewater and the water used put back to potable conditions. If not, then this again is a market force that will either promote conservation, recovery, alternative fuel sources, methods or importation of fuels from elsewhere.
@9L7D6G48mos8MO
Yes, however it should be done with consideration of various factors such as human population, wild life and other life sustaining resources.
@9GYSNHD1yr1Y
No, we should pursue more sustainable resource energy instead and study the long term effects fracking that was already inflicted on the land, particularly in relation to earthquakes.
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