04 December, 2014

FW: Natural gas: The fracking fallacy

Should we go ahead with shale gas exploration?

Hydraulic fracturing during natural-gas extraction caused two earthquakes in the United Kingdom that were felt by residents, by reactivating a geological fault that had lain dormant for many millions of years.

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Posted on: Wednesday, 3 December 2014 11:00 AM
Author: Mason Inman
Subject: Natural gas: The fracking fallacy


Natural gas: The fracking fallacy

Nature 516, 7529 (2014). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/516028a

Author: Mason Inman

The United States is banking on decades of abundant natural gas to power its economic resurgence. That may be wishful thinking.



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