“Agency
4th Edition
Law and Principles” has been added to your cart. Continue shopping
Hydrofracking What Everyone Needs to Know?
$3.58
Attention: This is just ebook, Access Codes or any other Supplements excluded! / File Delivery: Sent Via Email within 24 hours!
SKU: 8f29870a52ba
Category: Law Textbooks
Description
-
Author(s)Alex Prud’homme
-
PublisherOxford University Press
-
FormatPDF
-
Print ISBN
9780199311262, 0199311269 -
eText ISBN
9780199311262, 0199311269 -
Edition
-
Copyright
- Details
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 pressurized 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.What Everyone Needs to Know? is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press.
Related products
-
BEYOND CONSTITUTIONALISM OCON C The Pluralist Structure of Postnational Law
Rated 0 out of 5$22.10 Add to cart -
Against Capital Punishment
Rated 0 out of 5$12.35 Add to cart -
Constitutional Adjudication in Africa 1st Edition
Rated 0 out of 5$45.50 Add to cart -
Challenging Acts of International Organizations Before National Courts 1st Edition
Rated 0 out of 5$43.88 Add to cart