Looking at the Creative side of Fracturing
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Energy extraction process has been a constant source of
contention among Stake holders for a while, and with the forecast of decline in
North Sea oil and gas production amid global price fluctuation, we look at how
the process of fracturing affects design.
For anyone not acquainted with this terminology, fracturing
is the process of using hydraulic power to extract gas from rocks. Countries
blessed with shale gas resources are reported to have made gigantic progress.
Among such advances are improved gross domestic products: furthering
development, providing investment opportunities and in some cases transforming
‘ghost towns’ into marvels.
Fracturing then seems not only to satisfy basic needs but
also provide a level of actualisation in areas of creative patterns, decorative
shapes, monumental architecture, and many more than we care to mention here.
Its creative impact are appealing, weighty, and undeniable;
weighed however, against disruption in human design, we see a different effect.
Earthquakes and contaminations are among some of the claimed
disruptions. Contaminated waters, infectious diseases and defaced architectural
buildings are all ruins of basic human needs, sense of fulfilment and design.
What then is it? Perhaps as a discovery, fracturing is one of
the best and also, one of the worst in design.