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Should fracking be banned? (PRO-Fracking)
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Selected claim, opposing its parent
The short-term economic advantages are outweighed by long-term costs.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1, children below
By 2050, the global economy could
lose 10-18%
of its total economic value due to climate change, which is partly driven by fossil fuels extracted via fracking.
Pro claim 2, children below
As fracking becomes less reliably profitable, the public could end up having to
pay to repair the environmental damages
.
Con claim 1
If not for fracking, which can
revitalize local economies
, some communities might not even exist in the long term.