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VIDEO QUESTIONS
HBO Documentary: “Gasland”
Film By Josh Fox
Objectives:Studentswillbeableto…
• Describetheusefornaturalgasasafossilfuel
• Describethebasicprocessoffracking
• Explaintheeffectsoffrackingontheenvironment(livestock,humanpopulation,biomes)
• Formanddefendanopinionontheuseofnaturalgasasafossilfuelandtheprocessof
frackingtocollectnaturalgassupply
BEFORE WE BEGIN:
1)Whatdoyouknowalready….
a. Whatisnaturalgas?
b. Whatisnaturalgasusedfor?
c. Whereisnaturalgasfound?
*Sourceforvideoquestions:http://www.aurumscience.com
At the Beginning …
2) TheEnergyPolicyActprovidedexemptionsfortheoilandgasindustries.Whatlawswere
theyexemptfrom?
Water, Water, Everywhere
Not a Drop to Drink
3) WhathealtheffectswereexperiencedbytheresidentsofDimock,thecommunitydrilledby
CabotOilandGas?
4) WhatwascontainedinthejarthatJoshcollectedinDimock?
Life in the Red Zone
5) Whydoesthewaterlightonfire?Whatismixedwithitthatiscombustible?
Easter in Wyoming
6) DescribethewaterqualitythatcomesoutoftheMeeks’originalwaterwell.
7) Whatarethephysicalandchemicalpropertiesofglycolethers?
8) WhateffectdoesthenaturalgasdrillingandfracturinghaveontheJohnFenton’scattle
farms?
Your Land, My Land, Gas Land
9) WhatistheBureauofLandManagement(BLM)land,andwhatrightsdoestheAmerican
publichaveit?
Drop Everything, Clear Your Schedule
10)Frackingchemicalsareproprietary—explainwhatthismeans.
11)List/describetheneurologicaleffectsoftheVOCsandotherairpollutants,asdescribedby
Dr.TheoColburn.
The Air Over Fort Worth
12)Howdotheairemissionsfromtheoilandgasdrillingcomparewiththecarexhaustfrom
theentireDallas-Ft.Wortharea?
Throwing Water on a Drowning Man
13)Explainhowsurfactantscanaffectfish.
GOING FURTHER
14)JohnHanger,SecretaryofthePennyslvaniaDepartmentofProtectiondescribesthenatural
gasdrillingandextractionasa“trade-off”.Explainwhatthistrade-offis.
a. Doyoubelievethisisagoodtrade?WHYorWHYNOT?
b. Naturalgasisoftendescribedasa“transitionfuel”andacleaner-burningfossilfuel.
Explainhowtheseclaimsareincomplete.
c. Givenwhatyoulearnedfromthisfilm,isnaturalgasafuelthatweshouldexplore
andextractmoreof?EXPLAINyouranswer.
15)TheFracturingResponsibilityandAwarenessofChemicals(FRAC)Actproposestoinclude
hydraulicfracturingasanactivityregulatedundertheSafeDrinkingWaterAct.Thislaw
wouldrequiretheindustrytodiscloseallchemicalsusedinfracking.
a. Doyouthinkthislawisfairandjustified?EXPLAINyouranswer.
b. Whymightthegasdrillingcompaniesopposethislaw?EXPLAINyouranswer.
16)Ifyouownedalargeparceloflandintheshalearea,andwereofferedseveralthousand
dollarsperacretoleasethelandforgasdrilling,wouldyoutakethemoney?EXPLAIN.