UK Government Says OK To Fracking But Will It Help? Ep 580
Fracking in the UK: An English Comprehension Conversation Fracking is controversial, environmentally damaging and heavily criticized by environmentalists, but our government thinks it’s worth it. Today our English lessons listening topic is a conversation about starting up fracking in the UK to help us source natural gas, which we are desperate for. ✔Lesson transcript: https://adeptenglish.com/lessons/conversations-in-english-fracking-2022/ The government is trying to promote fracking to reduce our dependency on foreign gas and to create jobs, but many people are against the practice because they believe it is harmful to the environment. Fracking is hydraulic fracturing. It’s a procedure to extract natural gas trapped in dense rock formations. Fracking is a controversial gas extraction process that involves injecting water and chemicals into layers of rock. Fracking may cause environmental problems like a higher chance of earthquakes and water contamination. If you like and benefit from the work, we do here at Adept English, please consider helping us. This can be as simple as writing a review, or leaving a star rating in your podcast app. You might contribute to our coffee fund with a donation here, and of course we sell English courses and podcast bundles here. 🎤 find us at... 🌎 https://adeptenglish.com 📺 https://adeptengli.sh/youtube 💜 https://adeptengli.sh/facebook 🎧 listen to us on... 🎙️ https://adeptengli.sh/spotify 🎙️ https://adeptengli.sh/apple 🎙️ https://adeptengli.sh/google 🎙️ https://adeptengli.sh/amazon 🎙️ https://adeptengli.sh/blubrry 🎙️ https://adeptengli.sh/rss