Hydrofracking

Zusatztext ...a useful overview of the broad subject of fracking and its implications. It is good value as priced. Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Hydrofracking: What Everyone Needs to Know is a concise, well-informed primer on one of the most promising yet controversial methods of accessing natural gas and oil. Exploring the promises and pitfalls of fracking, Alex Prud'homme offers an even-handed introduction for an interested general reader. Zusammenfassung Hydrofracking: What Everyone Needs to Know is a concise, well-informed primer on one of the most promising yet controversial methods of accessing natural gas and oil. Exploring the promises and pitfalls of fracking, Alex Prud'homme offers an even-handed introduction for an interested general reader. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I. Energy in the 21st Century II. Fracking Basics III. Fracking Today IV. Fracking Pros and Cons V. Fracking Tomorrow Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Alex homme, Prud&apos, Alex Prudhomme, Alex Prud'homme, Alex Prud''homme
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.01.2014
• EAN: 9780199311255
• ISBN: 978-0-19-931125-5
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 150 mm
• Series: What Everyone Needs to Know; What Everyone Needs to Know; What Everyone Needs to Know (R); What Everyone Needs to Know(r); What Everyone Needs to Know (P; What Everyone Needs to Know^DRG
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / General, Technologien für fossile Brennstoffe, allgemein, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Fossil Fuels, Energy technology & engineering, Earth Sciences, Fossil fuel technologies, Economic Geology, Energy technology and engineering