Fracking. This drilling has made it possible to retrieve methane gas trapped in the shale rock that lays thousands of feet below the ground. For some‚ fracking can be seen as a good thing for our country. Fracking is boosting the nation’s economy‚ creating jobs and energy export opportunities‚ and strengthening the energy independence of the United States. Although it may help in some aspects‚ it comes at a very high cost to the American people. Fracking is extremely harmful to the water supply‚
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in fact‚ it was first used in a motor built by Samuel Morey in 1826 (Ethanol History). Since the 1980s‚ the government started having oil companies add ethanol into gasoline to replace the previous lead additives to cut the carbon footprint it was creating. However‚ ethanol has brought on several debates regarding whether or not it is affecting our environment and economy negatively. One topic that has been discussed is the idea that the use of ethanol in America is causing deforestation in South
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competitive way to elect representatives that align with people’s own party affiliation. GerryMandering is a manipulation of the process to gain an unfair advantage for one party over an opposition party. Since the legislative branch is charged with creating equal districts‚ meaning of the same geological size and population The legal argument to be made in opposition to Gerrymandering is derived from the 14th Amendments which has the line “one person‚ one vote”. Districts can be won with ease when legislators
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government‚ consistent with Locke’s natural rights philosophy‚ is compromise; regardless of how “it is instituted‚ the people must cede to it some of their natural rights in order to vest it with requisite powers.” Publius saw benefits to the delegates creating compromises that “would conduce more to the interest of the people” since the many delegates‚ “being convened from different parts of the country...brought with them and communicated to each other a variety of useful information.” Each delegate‚
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Marissa Treece Theology 20611 11/13/08 Destruction of Marriage Much of today’s practicing adolescent population would argue the accusation false. As a whole‚ the liberal population would probably concur. But despite their continuously supported “pros” of premarital cohabitation‚ it is partly—and largely—responsible for the destruction of marriage as a sacrament and as an institution in America. In the following pages‚ I will address the sexual ethical issue of cohabitation prior to marriage. While
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After participating in class for the past few weeks my interpretation of the Anthropocene is that it is a slow and complex environmental “accident” that took a lot of human effort to create in a short amount of time‚ for the consideration of how long humans have been on this earth. The Anthropocene is a debated name and topic for those who are interested in this field of study‚ the reason why it is debated is because some researchers and scientists would like to believe that civilization as a whole
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Objective This specific report addresses the pros and cons of how much government intervention in the marketplace is necessary and appropriate. This report will cover four authors‚ Cunningham‚ Green‚ Friedman and Pertschuk. The authors have written extensively on consumerism and the protection thereof. This author’s goal is to break down some of the theories‚ which authors seem akin in their beliefs and which authors’ views are bipolar opposites. Green states there be only should
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April 2013 Public Forum “CON” Analysis Recently‚ we gave our comprehensive analysis of the Pro side of the April Public Forum resolution‚ Resolved: The continuation of current U.S. anti-drug policies in Latin America will do more harm than good. Today‚ we’re discussing the Con side‚ which‚ while slightly trickier‚ if done properly can be argued very persuasively. To recap‚ the pro’s argument is‚ essentially‚ that drugs are such an intractable and complex issue
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Dioxins/Furans and the use of such is intoxicating & killing us like a poor man‚ hunting for his bargain each day & tricking us into death & ripening disintegration. Like many but not all toxins‚ dioxins can be an extremely deadly and dangerous byproduct; the reason why it is considered a carcinogen. It is also one of the mayor factors in the polluting of our environment‚ it may be small & puny but its resistance and bio radioactivity makes up for its size‚ increasing its potential threat immensely
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These days‚ it seems like you can not watch the news without hearing stories about terrorism‚ radical groups and the war on terror; all of which are linked to Isis‚ but what is Isis? Isis stands for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. This group began in 2004 as al Qaeda in Iraq‚ and a couple years later was reintroduced as Isis. They were disowned by al Qaeda in 2014 and have proved to be very effective at controlling its territory (Greene). ISIS has a lot of control in the Middle East and are
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