Argumentative essay brainstrom

1.What is the topic you’re going to write your essay about?

Fracknig in Colombia.
2.What is the controversy within the topic?
The effects of projects such as fracking on wildlife and the long-term environmental
damage it can cause.
3.What is the central question to this controversy?
Why do different political sectors want to implement fracking in Colombia, taking into
account the causes of fracking?
4.What are the arguments in favor of the controversy?
The fracking project in Colombia has been supported by different political parties, which
seek their own benefit, but also the Colombian government has taken into account this type
of practice to generate economic income with it.
5.What are the arguments against the controversy?
Different environmental sectors argue that fracking can damage the subsoil of the
mountains where the oil is extracted, during this process pipes with pressurised water are
used to extract the minerals, but this means that the water used is completely contaminated
and cannot be used and ends up polluting the rivers and oceans of the country and different
parts of the world.
6.What is your position on this controversy?