Increase in Oil Production

Reading the article made me question whether the increase in production of crude oil in the US is a positive or negative act for the environment.

In places like North Dakota and Texas, the oil boom has been due mostly to fracking, a new technique used to get oil from shale deposits in locations like North Dakota and Texas.  Since US domestic crude oil production has exceeded oil imports for the first time since 1995, this has allowed them to reduce the quantity they import and thus would make the dollar currency stronger. However, the technology has come under fire by critics concerned about the environmental impacts of the procedure. Which begs the justification of increasing crude oil production whilst destroying the environment.

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