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    Josh Fox's documentary argues that the Oil and Gas industries are using chemicals that are not healthy for living beings as well as the environment. Nine out of every 10 natural gas wells in the United States are used in Hydraulic Fracturing. Fracking affects the economy by removing millions of gallons of precious freshwater from the water cycle.

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    Josh Fox's documentary argues that the Oil and Gas industries are using chemicals that are not healthy for living beings as well as the environment. Nine out of every 10 natural gas wells in the United States are used in Hydraulic Fracturing. Fracking affects the economy by removing millions of gallons of precious freshwater from the water cycle.

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    Josh Fox's documentary argues that the Oil and Gas industries are using chemicals that are not healthy for living beings as well as the environment. Nine out of every 10 natural gas wells in the United States are used in Hydraulic Fracturing. Fracking affects the economy by removing millions of gallons of precious freshwater from the water cycle.

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    Williams4

    MirajhWilliams
    Mrs.Young
    EnglishIIB,3rdHour
    22Mar.2016
    RhetoricalAnalysisEssayGaslandbyJoshFox

    Gasland
    isa
    rhetorical
    documentarybyJoshFoxthat
    informs
    peopleofthe
    negativeeffectsthatnaturalgaseshasontheenvironment.Joshsetsouttolearnmore
    aboutHydraulicFracturingwhenheisofferednearly$100,000toleasehisland.Josh
    wantedtounderstandFrackingsprocessanditseffectsontheenvironment.Foxs
    claim

    argues
    thattheoilandgasindustriesareusingchemicalsthatarenothealthyfor
    livingbeingsaswellastheenvironment.IsayenvironmentbecauseFrackingis
    dangerousinmanywayslikeaffectingthewaterthatpeopledrinkbecausefracking
    usestoxicchemicals.HydraulicFracturingalsoaffectstheeconomybyremoving
    millionsofgallonsofpreciousfreshwaterfromthewatercycle.
    Nineoutofevery10
    naturalgaswellsintheUnitedStatesareusedinHydraulicFracturing,wheremillionsof
    gallonsofwater,sandandchemicalsarepumpedundergroundtobreakaparttherock
    andreleasethegas.
    JoshFoxestablishes
    ethos
    withhisaudiencebylettingthemknowthatheenters
    hisresearchwithoutbias,hedoesthisbytellingushisfamilyhistoryandtheofferhe
    hadreceivedforhisland.AnotherwaythatJoshletshisaudienceknowthatheisa
    reliablesourceisbyinterviewing
    Dr.TheoColbornformerUnitedStatesEnvironmental
    ProtectionAgency.(EPA)Dr.ColbornhelpssupportsFoxsclaim,bytellingtheaudienceabout
    hermanyexperiencesoftryingtogettherealanswersaboutFracking.Shewouldapproach


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    theworkersandaskthemquestionsandtheynortheiremployersknewaboutwhatcausedthe
    effectsthatcamefromFracking.JoshFoxeventriedtogetaninterviewwiththeOiland
    Gas
    companybuthewasdenied.Althoughhewasdenieditdidntstophimfromtryingtoget
    an
    appeal
    sothattheoilandgascompanycouldgeta(n)hearing.
    JoshFoxalso
    informs
    hisaudiencebyusing
    logos
    ,anappealtologic.Heuses
    logicalinformationbysharingfacts,descriptions,definitions,andexamples.Hydraulic
    Fracturingcausesproblemsatallecologicallevelsandeveryonewilleventuallybe
    affecteddirectlyorindirectly,therehavebeenmanyreportsofcontaminatedwaterfrom
    sixdifferentstates.Foxshowstheaudiencehowmanyresourcesittakestodrillone
    wellandwhyitsillogicaltouseagreatamountofenergytoproducemoreenergy.
    Each
    timetheoilandgasindustrydrillawelltheyleave17millionsgallonsofwater,andeachtime
    theygobackanddrillawellthathasalreadybeendrilledbeforeitleavesanadditional17
    millionsgallonsofwater.Thisletstheaudienceknowthatnotonlycanhydraulicfracturingbe
    unhealthyfortheenvironmentbutitcanalsoaffecttheeconomyatsomepoint.
    JoxFoxestablishesanemotionalappealinthemovie
    Gasland
    byshowinghis
    frustrationwhenhewasdeniedaninterviewfrommanyoilandgasindustries.Foxuses
    pathos
    to
    persuade
    thepeopleandalsotoevoketheiremotionsandthatsexactlywhathedid.Josh
    interviewedmanycitizenswhohadissuesfromthecontaminatedwaterandlistenedtotheir
    stories.Peopleswatersometimescaughtfireandsomefamiliesgotsickoften.Farmers
    animalslosttheirhairandsomeevengotsick.Thinkingaboutthismakestheviewersympathize
    withthepeopleandanimals.


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    TheoilandgasindustriesusingHydraulicFracturingaffectslivingbeingshealth,the
    environmentandtheeconomy,thisproblemcouldberesolvedifpeopleheldthegovernment
    accountableanddemandstrictregulation.JoshFoxsupportedhisclaimverywell,heshowed
    theaudienceevidenceandgavemanyexamplestoconvincehisaudience.IbelievethatJosh
    Foxusedlogosverywell.Isaythisbecausehenotonlygavetheaudienceexamplesofwhy
    HydraulicFracturingisdangerousbutheshowstheaudiencepeoplesexperience.Hismethod
    ofexplainingtheprocessisveryeffectiveatexplaininginsimpletermsthatHydraulicFracturing
    ispotentiallymoredangerousthanitisbeneficial.

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