The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (879 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00DPM7YRM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 123 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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A pretty even handed analysis of fracking and its effects Want to get an accessible introduction to "fracking" (short for hydraulic fracturing)? This should do nicely. This is not a technical tome--far from it. It is a well written book aimed at a general audience. If you want a solid scientific analysis, this is not the book for you. But, if you wish to get a sense of what is at stake, this would be quite useful.The author had family land in Pennsylvania in the Marcellus Shale region (a large pool of undergrou. Amazon Customer said Fracking truth. I enjoyed this book. It accomplished what I set out for which was a better understanding of modern fracking. The author gave a good inside perspective of how his parent interacted with the drilling companies. The book did dry up towards the end and the last chapters dragged and blurred together. Again the book gave me exactly what I was looking for with the education on fracking and the industry.. Exhaustively researched and very well written Very thorough, extremely well researched and written, tremendously informative and very even handed about a controversial practice. Really opens your eyes to what goes on the the oil fields and some of the unregulated cowboy operators out there causing environmental and economic chaos.
--Carl Hays . Gold also adds a more personal touch to his report when he describes the unpleasant impact drilling companies had on his parents when they sold the mining rights to their rural Pennsylvania property. Gold, an award-winning senior energy reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has the ideal background for creating an engrossing history of fracking, while weighing its benefits against its potential hazards. From Booklist *Starred Review* Fracking is a colloquialism that has entered everyday conversation only in the last dozen years, as the drilling operation it refers to, fracturing underground shale deposits to extract oil and gas, has literally and fi
Russell Gold has reported on energy regularly in The Wall Street Journal since 2002. . He lives in Austin, Texas. His coverage of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was honored with a Gerald Loeb Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
The “best all-around book yet on fracking” (San Francisco Chronicle) from a Pulitzer Prize finalist: “Gold's work is a tour de force of contemporary journalism” (Booklist).First invented in 1947, hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has not only become a major source of energy, it is changing the way we use energy, and the energy we use. A fascinating and exciting exploration of one of the most controversial and promising sources of energy, The Boom “brings new clarity to a subject awash in hype from all sides…a thoughtful, well-written, and carefully researched book that provides the best overview yet of the pros and cons of fracking. A definitive narrati