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EcoWatch / By Jay Warmke
Just how real is the fracking “boom” when compared with other developments within the energy industry—specifically the exponential growth of renewable energy?
April 15, 2013 | Originally posted on EcoWatch.com
The practice of hydraulic horizontal fracturing or fracking to extract natural gas from the shale beds of the U.S. began, for all practical purposes, in 2007. Since that time, the production of natural gas within the nation has increased, gas extracted from shale beds more than making up for a decline in production from conventional sources.
And the industry has not been quiet about this growth. Hardly a day passes without some national media outlet expounding the benefits the nation will derive from this recent production “boom.” But just how real is this boom when compared with other developments within the energy industry—specifically the exponential growth of renewable energy? ….(read more).
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