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Have you heard of fracking? 

Fracking has been on the 

news for a while now and 

North Carolina's government 

currently is thinking about 

using it as an energy source. 

There are very few people in 

North Carolina who know 

what it is about.

Fracking has the 

possibility of coming to 

North Carolina. 

Fracking is the process 

of drilling into the 

ground to get natural 

gasses for energy. This 

is not good for North 

Carolina's environment.  

Fracking started in 1947. 

Scientists started to 

think of new ways to 

frack. Horizontal 

fracking, a way of drilling 

sideways instead of 

straight down, was 

possible in the 1990's. 

People started to question 

the safety of fracking.

The United States is 

the main place fracking 

occurs. There is only 

one state that is not 

effected by fracking, 

Hawaii. The largest 

area is in the 

Appalachian Mountains 

and the Great Lakes.

There is a teacher named 

Henry, that wants to teach 

his class about fracking. He 

was a little confused with 

some things. Since he teaches 

in North Carolina, he would 

like to know how it would 

specifically affect the state. 

He still wants to learn more 

about the subject.

Henry is having 

trouble with his plan 

on teaching his class 

about fracking. He 

calls his friend, a 

scientist named Billy, 

to help him learn more 

about fracking. The 

scientist knows a lot 

about it.

I need 

some help.

The scientist talks 

about the effects 

fracking has on the 

environment. These 

include pollution, 

radioactivity and 

seismic events, or 

earthquakes as it is 

commonly called.

The scientist explains 

the negative things at 

the fracking sites. These 

include gasses being 

released into the 

atmosphere and 

groundwater, chemicals 

used, and prices. There 

has even been instances 

where there were gas 

explosions.

It costs a lot of 

money to install a 

fracking site and 

there are many 

hazards.

Henry wants to 

know if there are 

any consequences 

specifically unique 

in North Carolina. 

He is very 

interested in this 

talk about 

fracking.

Are there any 

consequences 

unique to North 

Carolina?

Billy talks about the 

rocks in North 

Carolina letting the 

gasses through cracks 

into the groundwater, 

which can cause 

cancer. Groundwater is 

one of the main 

sources of drinking 

water.

I am sorry to 

inform you that 

you have 

cancer.

Henry would also 

like to know if there 

is another energy 

source to use in 

North Carolina since 

there are so many 

problems with 

fracking.

Is there any 

other energy 

source to use.

Billy talks about the use of 

hydro electrical power. 

This is the use of water 

energy as electricity for 

houses and other buildings. 

This is better than 

fracking because it causes 

little to no pollution. It 

would be a good source 

because of the large 

amount of water in North 

Carolina.

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