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$The green and the black : the complete story of the shale revolution, the fight over fracking, and the future of energy Cover Image$ Book

The green and the black : the complete story of the shale revolution, the fight over fracking, and the future of energy / Gary Sernovitz.

Sernovitz, Gary, (author.).

Summary:

"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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781250080660
ISBN: 1250080665
Physical Description: viii, 280 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-264) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I Industrial Perspective -- 1 Robbing the Mint 13 -- 2 Peakers, Bunkers, Imports, and Yurts 24 -- 3 Shalemania and Science Experiments 35 -- 4 How the Oil Business Reversed Gravity 50 -- Part II Local Perspective -- 5 Fox in the Frack House 65 -- 6 When Fracking Doesn't Mean Fracking Anymore 89 -- Part III Financial Perspective -- 7 Two Trillion-Dollar Revolution 117 -- 8 Internet of Oil 130 -- 9 Guar And Lease, or Another Side of Disruption 146 -- Part IV Global Perspective -- 10 When Rachel Carson Meets Al Gore 163 -- 11 On to All of the Above 182 -- Part V National Perspective -- 12 Renaissance After Renaissance? 201 -- 13 And the Land of the Free 221.