The boom : how fracking ignited the American energy revolution and changed the world / Russell Gold
- Author:
- Gold, Russell
- Additional Titles:
- Pre-publication title: Frackistan : the promise and peril of America's energy revolution
- Published:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 366 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Contents:
- Just add water -- Ottis Grimes -- Everyone comes for the money -- Dominion over the rocks -- Wise County -- Ice doesn't freeze anymore -- Larry was the brake -- The rise of Aubrey McClendon -- The fall of Aubrey McClendon -- Celestia -- Blessings of the Pope -- Ghost Ridin' Grandpa -- Pandora's frack.
- Summary:
- "Fracking has vociferous critics and fervent defenders, but the debate between these camps has obscured the actual story: Fracking has become a fixture of the American landscape and the global economy. It has upended the business models of energy companies around the globe, and it has started to change geopolitics and global energy markets in profound ways. Gold tells the story of this once-obscure oilfield technology--a story with an incredible cast of tycoons and geologists, dreamers and drillers, speculators and skeptics, a story that answers a critical question of our time: Where will the energy come from to power our world--and what price will we have to pay for it?" --
Presents an unstinting exploration of controversial fracking technologies to consider the arguments of its supporters and detractors, profiling key contributors while explaining how the practice is changing the way energy is used. - Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9781451692280 (hbk.)
1451692285 (hbk.)
9781451692297 (pbk.)
1451692293 (pbk.) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries); 2013
Behrend copy: Purchased with funds from the Verna M. Lombard Library Endowment; 2012. - Endowment Note:
- John D. Vairo Libraries Endowment
Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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