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“Fracking ensures that the age of oil-and it's princely hydrocarbon cousin, the natural gas molecule-will not end because we have run out of fossil fuels. But it may end because burning these wonderful fuels puts the planet farther down a path we don't want to head down”

Environment Fracking Fossil Fuels

Author:Russell Gold

“Fracking is different. The risks of any single well are tiny compared to a nuclear power plant. But several hundred wells? Several thousand?”

United States Environment Climate Change Oil Natural Gas Fracking

Book:The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World

Source: The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World

“Take the time to get it right. There'll be gas tomorrow night”

Environment Natural Gas Fracking

Book:The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World

Source: The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World

“I don't fear fracking. I fear carbon”

Environment Natural Gas Carbon Emissions Fracking

Book:The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World

Source: The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World

“We are fossil fuel addicts. What happens when drug addicts detox? They can be rash, cranky, even psychotic and dangerous. It would be good for the environment if the entire economy abruptly quit fossil fuels, but that's not realistic. I wouldn't want to be around if it ever happened. Perhaps it's best to think of natural gas like methadone. It's a way for an energy addicted society to get off dirtier fuels and smooth out the detox bumps.”

United States Environment Natural Gas Methane

Book:The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World

Source: The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World