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.