Fracking in Colorado is about more than just energy development or turning on a light switch.
In Colorado, safe and responsible energy development is part of our way of life. Everything from our jobs to our schools, roads, parks, and our economy all depend on the shot in the arm from fracking and our state’s leading oil and natural gas industry.
As a 2016 study from the University of Chicago Energy Policy Institute found fracking boosts local economies to the tune of roughly $1,900 per household. “This study makes it clear that on net there are benefits to local economies,” said co-author Chris Knittel. The study shows that fracking’s benefits include “a six percent increase in average income…a 10 percent increase in employment, and a six percent increase in housing prices.” Furthermore, according to Energy Tomorrow, fracking in states like Colorado “is the technological engine behind surging U.S. oil and natural gas output” providing a myriad of economic benefits to our economy, individual households, U.S. manufacturers and businesses.
This study makes it clear that there are benefits to local economies.
This should come as no surprise. Colorado Energy Coalition’s 8th annual Resource Rich Colorado report said that Colorado is “an established leader in traditional energy production,” as well as “a leader in clean energy and alternative fuels.” In fact, the report also highlighted our state’s energy economy generates a whopping $14.9 billion economic impact from Denver to the Western Slope. The even better news is that the benefits of fracking can be seen from coast to coast.
Across the U.S., states from New York to North Carolina to Colorado are looking to safe and responsible natural gas development to meet their economic and energy needs. As a recent Forbes article said: “Natural gas is the wave of the future” in energy production, both at home and abroad. Put simply, fracking has not only unlocked abundant oil and natural gas reserves in our own backyard, they are the most effective way to meet some of the challenges America will face in the 21st century.
Bottom line, fracking is keeping communities strong throughout Colorado—whether you live in Greeley, Eaton or Garfield. Without fracking, hundreds of thousands of jobs would not exist. Our roads and parks that bond our communities and make them feel like home would fall apart.
Fracking katika Colorado ni kuhusu zaidi ya maendeleo ya nishati au kugeuka juu ya kubadili taa. Katika Colorado, maendeleo ya nishati salama na ya uwajibikaji ni sehemu ya njia yetu ya maisha. Kila kitu, kuanzia kazi zetu hadi shule zetu, barabara, mbuga, na uchumi wetu, vyote vinategemea risasi katika mkono kutoka kwa fracking na sekta ya mafuta na gesi ya asili ya jimbo letu. Uchunguzi wa Chuo Kikuu cha Chicago (University of Chicago) unaonyesha kuwa fracking inaongeza uchumi wa nchi kwa karibu $ 1,900 kwa kila nyumba. "Utafiti huu unaonyesha wazi kwamba kwenye mtandao kuna faida kwa uchumi wa mitaa", alisema mwandishi mwenza Chris Knittel. "Utafiti huo unaonyesha kwamba faida za fracking ni pamoja na ""kuongezeka kwa asilimia sita katika mapato ya wastani... ongezeko la asilimia 10 katika ajira, na ongezeko la asilimia sita katika bei za nyumba.""Kwa kuongezea, kulingana na Tomorrow Energy, fracking katika majimbo kama Colorado ""ni injini ya kiteknolojia nyuma ya kuongezeka kwa uzalishaji wa mafuta na gesi ya asili ya Marekani"" kutoa faida nyingi za kiuchumi kwa uchumi wetu, kaya za mtu binafsi, wazalishaji na biashara." Utafiti huu unaonyesha wazi kwamba kuna faida kwa uchumi wa mitaa. Hilo halipaswi kushangaza. "Kulingana na ripoti ya kila mwaka ya Colorado ya ""Resource Rich Colorado"" ya Colorado Energy Coalition, Colorado ni ""kiongozi wa kuanzishwa katika uzalishaji wa nishati ya jadi, pamoja na kiongozi katika nishati safi na mafuta mbadala,"" na ""kiwango cha juu cha nishati ya hali ya juu ya uchumi wa jimbo la Colorado ni $ 14.9 bilioni.""" Habari nzuri zaidi ni kwamba faida za kufyatua maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji ya maji. Katika nchi nzima, kutoka New York hadi Colorado, majimbo ya Amerika yanajitahidi kuendeleza gesi ya asili kwa usalama na uwajibikaji ili kukidhi mahitaji yao ya kiuchumi na nishati. Kama makala ya hivi karibuni ya Forbes ilivyosema: "Gesi ya asili ni wimbi la siku zijazo" katika uzalishaji wa nishati, ndani na nje ya nchi. Fracking haijapata tu mafuta na gesi ya asili katika bustani yetu, lakini pia ni njia bora ya kukabiliana na changamoto za karne ya 21. Bottom line, fracking ni kuweka jamii nguvu katika Colorado - kama unaishi katika Greeley, Eaton au Garfield. Bila fracking, mamia ya maelfu ya kazi haingekuwapo. Barabara zetu na mbuga ambazo zinaunganisha jamii zetu na kuwafanya wahisi kama nyumbani zitavunjika.