Snake Oil How Fracking's False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future |
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| Author:
| Heinberg, Richard |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9767510-9-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2014 |
| Publisher: | Post Carbon Institute
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $12.95 |
Book Description:
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The rapid spread of hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") has temporarily boosted US natural gasand oil production . . . and sparked a massive environmental backlash in communities acrossthe country. The fossil-fuel industry is trying to sell fracking as the biggest energydevelopment of the century, with slick promises of American energy independence andbenefits to local economies. Snake Oil casts a critical eye on the oil-industry hype that hashijacked America's energy...
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The rapid spread of hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") has temporarily boosted US natural gasand oil production . . . and sparked a massive environmental backlash in communities acrossthe country. The fossil-fuel industry is trying to sell fracking as the biggest energydevelopment of the century, with slick promises of American energy independence andbenefits to local economies. Snake Oil casts a critical eye on the oil-industry hype that hashijacked America's energy conversation. This is the first book to look at fracking from botheconomic and environmental perspectives, informed by the most thorough analysis of shalegas and oil drilling data ever undertaken. Is fracking the miracle cure-all to our energy ills, ora costly distraction from the necessary work of reducing our fossil-fuel dependence?