Hydraulic Fracturing in the United States - A road to energy independence or environmental catastrophe?

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking, is the process of utilizing pressurized water, chemical additives, and physical proppants to fracture rock layers and release petroleum, natural gas, or other substances so that they can be extracted. While the process has the potential to extract vast amounts of formerly inaccessible hydrocarbons, it also presents considerable environmental and health risks. Learn more about frackin in the United States, its advantages as well as environmental risks in the following pages.

Product details

• Assisted by: Edward R. Miller-Jones (Editor), Edwar R Miller-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.07.2012
• EAN: 9786130136482
• ISBN: 978-613-0-13648-2
• No. of pages: 168
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology