The green and the black : the complete story of the shale revolution, the fight over fracking, and the future of energy /
Fracking has become a four-letter word to environmentalists. But most people don't know what it means. In his book, Sernovitz explains what he sees as the reality of fracking, what it is, how it can be made safer and how the oil business works. He also tells the bigger story. Fracking was just...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The industrial perspective. Robbing the mint ; Peakers, bunkers, imports, and yurts ; Shalemania and science experiments ; How the oil business reversed gravity
- The local perspective. Fox in the frackhouse ; When fracking doesn't mean fracking anymore
- The financial perspective. The two trillion-dollar revolution ; The Internet of oil ; Guar and lease, or, Another side of disruption
- The global perspective. When Rachel Carson meets Al Gore ; Onto all of the above
- The National perspective. Renaissance after Renaissance? ; And the land of the free.