D. Intimidating
ELXPLINATION:
The verb excerpt comes from the Latin word <em>excerptus</em> which means to "pluck out, pick out, extract." The noun excerpt comes from the Latin word <em>excerptum </em>which means "an extract, selection."
Fracking shouldn't be allowed to continue. There are many reasons for this and here are some of them:
It has a bigger carbon footprint than Coal.
Drilling into the land causes earthquakes which are a huge safety concern for anyone living near the drilling sites.
People and the environment would suffer from the emissions and the undisclosed chemicals that are leaked back into the potential drinking water and this could harm us and the animals.
This process extracts natural gas from shale and lets out natural gas.
It is ruinous towards economy since road maintenance would cost a lot.
It sounds to me like time so. The poet is discussing the inevitable speedy passage of time is the choice I would be pick.