I read an article from the University of Pittsburg that dealt with some of ethical issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing for our critical thinking project. I thought overall, it posed some really good points and made me think about natural gas in a different way. l think for a lot of people where we get our energy is not something we think about, as long as we get it. So we also don't think about the people behind the energy. The article made me think about the type of men and women risking their lives in order to keep our society moving. It is a high pressure job and something that requires many different kinds of training. They not only have to knowledgable in chemical engineering. These workers need to be trained on how to deal and report issues that may have fatal consequences. Along with raising ethical concerns, I thought the article did a good job explaining what fracking is, some of the other issues associated with it, and some possible solutions. Although this was helpful, it did make the topic of the article a bit unclear. The title states that it will discuss an ethical perspective, but I did not not think the majority of the article was spent on this.
