The United nations should substantially increase its international hydraulic fracturing

of natural gas.
Shale gas is sustainable and is capable of supplying for more than 100 years of
consumption at current rates
Hays 10 [Kristen Hays is Correspondent at Reuters in oil and energy, Energy, exploration and
production reporter at Houston Chronicle

Business Writer at Associated Press, University of Kansas; “Shale gas could supply 100 years of
consumption” Published March 10, 2010 http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/03/10/us-ceraweek-
shale-gas-idUSTRE62940520100310] Ogryzek

(Reuters) - The natural gas shale boom in North America has more than doubled discovered gas resources
and can supply more than a century of consumption at current rates, an IHS CERA study released Wednesday said.¶
"As recently at 2007 it was widely thought that natural gas was in tight supply and the U.S. was going to
become an importer of gas," said Daniel Yergin, chairman of IHS CERA. "But this outlook has been turned on its head
by the shale gale."¶ Shale gas is not new, but technology like hydraulic fracturing to release it from thick rock
far underground has vastly improved producers' ability to tap it. Production involves injecting water and
sand under high pressure into the rock to fracture it to release the gas.¶ The IHS CERA study said growth
in power demand in the next 20 years will likely cause natural gas demand to double its current level of 19
billion cubic feet per day by 2030.¶ Gas-fired power generation produces half the carbon emissions of coal-fired generation, which makes gas a
more attractive environmental choice as well, the study said.¶ But a limited pool of spare gas-fired capacity would prevent wholesale fuel
switching, the study said.¶ Also, such switching won't reach targets of reducing emissions by 80 percent by 2050,
the study said. That would require more non-carbon emitting sources, such as nuclear and renewables, as well as carbon capture and
storage, or injecting and storing carbon emissions underground.¶ The study said uncertainties about shale gas include stringency of future
carbon legislation and viability of carbon capture and storage technology.¶ Tom Walters, president of Exxon Mobil Corp's gas and power
marketing company, said during a panel discussion that shale
gas's future success depends on policies that promote
and support its development.¶ Concerns about how hydraulic fracturing might affect underground water tables has prompted
Congress to consider increased regulation.

Manufacturing ensures good jobs and causes economic growth

Hart et. al. 12 [David M. Hart is a Professor; Director, Center for Science and Technology Policy; Stephen J. Ezell is
the Senior Analyst Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, studies

Competitiveness E-Government Internet Economic Theory Manufacturing Productivity Science and R&D Trade
Transportation; Robert D. Atkinson Ph.D, an economist and is president of the Information Technology and
Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a public policy think tank based in Washington, D.C, B.A. from New College of Florida
“Why America Needs A National Network for Manufacturing Innovation” Published December 2012 in the
Information Technology & Innovation Foundation pg. 4-7] Ogryzek
The United States must make and export more manufactured goods if it is to fix its trade ¶ deficit. America benefits enormously from
international trade. We buy basic commodities ¶ like petroleum, unique high-value products like wine, and everything in between on the ¶
world market. In fact, Americans like foreign-made products so much that the United ¶ States has run trade deficits of more than a half-trillion
dollars per year over the past ¶ decade.10 Each year’s deficit adds to
the nation’s cumulative foreign debt, which
will at ¶ some unknown point trigger a crisis if it continues to grow unchecked. Manufacturing is ¶ such a
dominant component of U.S. trade (accounting for 65 percent of U.S. exports) that ¶ service exports simply cannot
grow fast enough to offset the deficit in manufacturing trade. ¶ U.S. service exports grew by about 8 percent per year
over the last decade, a pace that was ¶ dependent in large part on unsustainable, bubble-driven financial services exports. Yet, as ¶ Howard
Wial of the University of Illinois has shown, this rate would have to accelerate by ¶ about 70 percent, to 13.5 percent per year over the coming
decade, for the United States to ¶ balance its trade by relying on services alone. ¶ Manufacturing
creates a lot of additional
activity in other parts of the economy. As ¶ economists say, it has a big multiplier effect, both in terms of
economic output and¶ employment. Every dollar of manufacturing output supports $1.34 in output from
other ¶ sectors—the largest multiplier of any sector.11 The average new manufacturing job leads to ¶ the
creation of from two to five additional jobs in other sectors; for high-tech ¶ manufacturing, the
employment multiplier may be even greater.¶ 12 That is substantially ¶ higher than the average multiplier effect for jobs
created in the service sector. As Gene ¶ Sperling, Director of the National Economic Council (NEC), explains the impact of ¶ manufacturing on
driving economic and employment growth, “If an auto plant opens up, a ¶ Walmart can be expected to follow. But the converse does not
necessarily hold—that a ¶ Walmart opening does not definitely bring an auto plant with it.”13¶ Manufacturingjobs pay better
than comparable jobs in other sectors. A May 2012 U.S. ¶ Department of Commerce report found that the
total hourly compensation (which ¶ includes employer-provided benefits) for workers in manufacturing jobs was 17
percent ¶ higher than for workers in other kinds of jobs.¶ 14 Likewise, a 2011 Brookings report found ¶ that the average
weekly earnings in manufacturing are 19.3 percent higher than the ¶ national private sector average, even
though manufacturing employs a greater than average ¶ share of workers without a college degree.15 Growing good-paying,
medium-skill jobs in ¶ manufacturing is an essential element of any national strategy that seeks to
address ¶ economic inequality in the United Stat

Fracking solves manufacturing and boosts the economy

Farrell 13 [Chris Farrell is an economics editor of Marketplace Money, graduate of the London School of
Economics and Stanford University “Is fracking creating a 'manufacturing renaissance' in the U.S.?”
Published October 24, 2013 http://www.marketplace.org/topics/sustainability/fracking-creating-
manufacturing-renaissance-us] Ogryzek

But is it possible that America's new energy boom could bring factory jobs back from overseas? Chris Farrell,
Marketplace's economics commentator, has been considering what some see as a new manufacturing boom in this country. He says that
when it comes to companies deciding to move more production to the U.S., "there's definitely a trend in
the making."¶ "I think something new is going on. It's a sticker shock," Farrell says, on why the U.S. suddenly looks
more appealing to manufacturers. "The price of natural gas has gone down -- it's the fracking boom. And
an unexpected side effect of the fracking boom is a manufacturing renaissance."¶ Farrell says the U.S. has
the potential to recapture significant production that has been farmed out to other countries in a
globalized economy. ¶ "The Boston Consulting Group -- they've done a bunch of research in this area -- and they're arguing that if you
take the U.S. cost advantage in labor and energy, that the U.S. could end up capturing $70 billion, $115
billion in annual exports from major manufacturing nations that are our competitors," Farrell says. "What is
underpinning it is cheap energy and stable energy supplies and an uncertain global economy."