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Source 1: page 1, topic: America's Energy Traditions

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For the majority of the United States first century of existence, a family would survive by burning wood

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Source 1: page 2, topic: America's Energy Traditions

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Though contrary to what it looks like, the new citizens of the United States actually used fire, in a way that was harmful for the environment, unlike the Native Americans.

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Source 1: page 3, topic: Important Tip to people who are not open to fracking

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Sometimes humans can be very ignorant about certain topics with out knowing the whole ideas.

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Source 1: page 3, topic: Important Tip to people who are not open to fracking

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It is important to based off your opinion with reason rather than emotion.

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Source 2: page 13, topic: Bribery

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Some writers get fresh water from the fracking company directly if they write about fracking in a positive light. Not everything is what it may be.

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Source 1: page 3, topic: Renewable Energy can still worsen climate change

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Wood, for example, produces the highest amount of carbon amazons per unit of energy produced. This is even including coal and oil

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Source 1: page 3, topic: Renewable Energy can still worsen climate change

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The fact above is true for the majority of biomass. (solid fuels like wood and coal)

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Source 1: page 3, topic: Environmental groups ignorance?

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A lot of the fossil fuels that environmental groups don't like actually reduce deforestation and save the whales.

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Source 1: page 4, topic: Oil boom

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Oil in the United States has been a very important energy source, for example, it got the car industry started in the United States

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Source 1: page 4, topic: United States citizens energy challenge

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Several events, such as the 1969 Santa Barbara Channel oil spill and air pollution concerns, caused many people in our nation to worry about our energy choices.

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Source 1: page 4, topic: United States citizens energy challenge

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Though a lot more citizens were worried about how in 1980, gasoline had topped $1 per gallon.

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Source 1: page 4, topic: United States citizens energy challenge

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A lot of the citizens in the U.S. had taken energy for granted, but after they realize the raise in gas prices, they knew this energy crisis was more important than they were making it.

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Source 1: page 5, topic: United States struggle after oil boom

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The U.S. had lost our spot as the number one oil producer, and now was dependent on oil from other nations.

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Source 1: page 5, topic: United States citizens perspective on oil

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Because of the Arab oil embargo of 1973 and the Santa Barbara oil spill, the oil and gas industry reached either favorably high ratings and unfavorably low ratings.

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Source 1: page 6, topic: United States citizens perspective on oil in the past

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For the fact above, it's funny to observe that, but one of the reasons why this was the case, was because many citizens were uneducated with how this worked.

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Source 1: page 7, topic: United States citizens perspective on oil now

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Oil ranks near the bottom of public favorably rankings down with tobacco.

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Source 1: page 13, topic: Where we can drill

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The American Petroleum Institute (API) states that at least 87% of our federal offshore average is off-limits to drilling.

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Source 1: page 13, topic: It's possible to access some of this land

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Though the API allowed the consultancy Wood Mackenzie to access the foregone offshore opportunity in specific terms.

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Source 1: page 13, topic: How will the oil industries owning of the land

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It is estamiated that by increasing access to oil and gas resources by federal waters , by 2025, we could generate an additional 4 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, add $150 billion to government revenues, and create 530,000 additional jobs.

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Source 1: page 15, topic: Obama slowing down oil industry?

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Halfway through Obama's second term, less than one-third the number of federal lands permit issued by the single-term of President H. W. Bush

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Source 1: page 15, topic: Obama's slowing down could be...

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Something the oil industry comes to regret

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Source 1: page 15, topic: A somewhat good energy source

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Energy efficiency is a good source of energy. Things like turing off the light after you leave a room can help a lot.

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Source 1: page 17, topic: Drawbacks to energy efficiency

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Say you buy a electric tankless water heater that may save a lot more energy, but cost way more money to the consumer.

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Source 1: page 17, topics: Drawbacks to energy efficiency

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Also it may seem like a good idea, electric tankless water heater, on average, does not make up the additional cost over its lifetime.

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Source 3: topic: Fracking studies

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A team of scientists from Ohio State and other universities like Duke studied 130 wells that were franked and they found, when properly conducted, no groundwater or aquifer pollution results.

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Source 3: topic: Fracking studies

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Out of these 130 wells the scientists noticed that a few of these wells, such as seven in Pennsylvania and one in Texas resulted in some problems

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Source 3: topic: Fracking studies

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One problem was because of faulty well construction.

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Source 3: topic: Fracking studies

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Another problem with these wells was the cementing of the wells, this could of caused the escaping of gases and ground water.

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Source 3: topic: What do these results tell us?

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This experiment determine that the release of the gases resulted from the seepage in the walls rather than fracking itself.

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Source 1: page 18-19, topic: Drawbacks to biofuels

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According to Aaron Smith, a professor at the University of California-Davis and a specialist in commodity market finance, the war for corn can create a variety of problems.

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