Over the past two years, recent advances in drilling technology have expanded the number of wells that were previously considered too expensive. Using new technology, oil companies have created a new drilling method called hydraulic fracturing. Otherwise known as fracking. This new drilling method is used not only in the United States, but also in other parts of the world. It also has one of the highest potentials to help generate money for our economy to get it back on track. But as the old adage goes, “There's no such thing as a free lunch,” fracking has its price. The goal of this article is to present both aspects of fracking in order to make a valid and coherent presentation to demonstrate that fracking is not as complicated as it seems. Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, is a drilling method that uses a water-based fluid to drill and stimulate wells that are believed to be low flow rates. These wells, compacted sand, shale and coal methane and other formations, would be drilled normally because of the significant amount of oil they contain, but because of the amount of money that would have to be spent, because of how the land is formed. , it would have been a ridiculous cost to extract the oil (hydraulic fracturing n.d.). As mentioned above, the material used to extract oil from the ground is a water-based fluid. According to Edwin Dobb (2013), in fact, 80.5% of the fluid is made up of fresh water. The other parts of which the fluid is composed are 19% propropant and 0.5% chemicals (Dobb 2013). Compared to Edwin Dobb's information, the US Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, also made a report in 2010 stating that.... ..half of the paper......must be injected at perfect speeds and pressures while decreasing friction (hydraulic fracturing n.d.). Of course there are various other chemicals in the mix, but these are just a few to mention. But that's the problem, many of the chemicals that go unmentioned that are publicly known are highly toxic to all living things. Some of these toxic chemicals are kerosene, hydrocarbons, methanol, and formaldehyde. The EPA believes that the chemical kerosene also likely contains benzene (hydraulic fracturing n.d.). Chemicals like these are known to be used near areas that contain water that is or could be used for drinking. According to a rough draft from the EPA, some of these chemicals must be injected at concentrations of about 4 to nearly 13,000 times the acceptable strength into drinking water. (Hydraulic fracturing n.d.)