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Hydrofracking: What Everyone Needs to Know®

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Alex Prud'homme

Hydrofracking

What Everyone Needs to Know®

Alex Prud'homme

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English

Oxford University Press
20 November 2013

Mathematics & Sciences; Earth sciences; Economic geology; Energy technology & engineering; Fossil fuel technologies

Series: What Everyone Needs To Know®

Constantly in the news and the subject of much public debate, fracking, as it is known for short, is one of the most promising yet controversial methods of extracting natural gas and oil. Today, 90 percent of natural gas wells use fracking. Though highly effective, the process-which fractures rock with pressurised fluid-has been criticized for polluting land, air, and water, and endangering human health.

A timely addition to Oxford's What Everyone Needs to Know series, Hydrofracking tackles this contentious topic, exploring both sides of the debate and providing a clear guide to the science underlying the technique. In concise question-and-answer format, Alex Prud'homme cuts through the maze of opinions and rhetoric to uncover key points, from the economic and political benefits of fracking to the health dangers and negative effects on the environment.

Prud'homme offers clear answers to a range of fundamental questions, including: What is fracking fluid? How does it impact water supplies? Who regulates the industry? How much recoverable natural gas exists in the U.S.? What new innovations are on the horizon?

Supporters as diverse as President Obama and the conservative billionaire T. Boone Pickens have promoted natural gas as a clean, 21st-century fuel that will reduce global warming, create jobs, and provide tax revenues, but concerns remain, with environmental activists like Bill McKibben and others leading protests to put an end to fracking as a means of obtaining alternative energy.

Prud'homme considers ways to improve methods in the short-term, while also exploring the possibility of transitioning to more sustainable resources-wind, solar, tidal, and perhaps nuclear power-for the long term.

Written for general readers, Hydrofracking clearly explains both the complex science of fracking and the equally complex political and economic issues that surround it, giving readers all the information they need to understand what will no doubt remain a contentious issue for years to come.

By: Alex Prud'homme
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 145mm, Width: 213mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 316g
ISBN: 9780199311262
ISBN 10: 0199311269
Series: What Everyone Needs To Know®
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 20 November 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

INTRODUCTION ; I. ENERGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY ; II. FRACKING BASICS ; III. FRACKING TODAY ; IV. FRACKING PROS AND CONS ; V. FRACKING TOMORROW ; CONCLUSION

<br>Alex Prud'homme has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Time. He is the author of five books, including The Ripple Effect the Fate of Freshwater in the Twenty-First Century, and the co-writer of Julia Child's bestselling memoir, My Life in France.<br>

Reviews for Hydrofracking: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Previous praise for Alex Prud'homme: A tightly written, thoroughly researched, almost encyclopedic book. * The Cleveland Plain Dealer, on The Ripple Effect The Ripple Effect is true to its title, following the myriad reverberations from our use and abuse of this most abundant, ubiquitous resource. The book plunges in and rarely comes up for air. *