The green and the black
Subtitle: the complete story of the shale revolution, the fight over fracking, and the future of energy
By: Gary Sernovitz
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781250080660
Subjects: Gas industry; Hydraulic fracturing; Energy policy
Description: "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 one part of a shale revolution that shocked our assumptions about fueling America's future. The revolution has transformed the world with consequences for the oil industry, investors, environmentalists, political leaders, and anyone who lives in areas shaped by the shales, uses fossil fuels, or cares about the climate"--Dust jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [244]-264) and index.
Table of contents: title: The industrial perspective. Robbing the mint ; Peakers, bunkers, imports, and yurts ; Shalemania and science experiments ; How the oil business reversed gravity; title: The local perspective. Fox in the frackhouse ; When fracking doesn't mean fracking anymore; title: The financial perspective. The two trillion-dollar revolution ; The Internet of oil ; Guar and lease, or, Another side of disruption; title: The global perspective. When Rachel Carson meets Al Gore ; On to all of the above; title: The National perspective. Renaissance after Renaissance? ; And the land of the free.