Langbeschreibung
Fracking - hydraulic fracturing of porous rock to enhance the extraction of fossil fuels - was first attempted in the mid-20th century, but has only recently been adopted as a viable source of hydrocarbons. This volume in the Issues series examines the technology, and its potential environmental implications.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction and Overview: the Role of Shale Gas in Securing Our Energy Future; Shale Gas Boom, Trade, and Environmental Policies: Global Economic and Environmental Analyses in a Multidisciplinary Modeling Framework; Exploration for Unconventional Hydrocarbons: Shale Gas and Shale Oil; Climate Change Impacts of Shale Gas Production; The Hydrogeological Aspects of Shale Gas Extraction in the UK; Coal Seam Gas Recovery in Australia: Economic, Environmental and Policy Issues; Prospects for Shale Gas Development in China; Unconventional, Unburnable and Unwanted: why going all out for shale gas is the wrong direction for the UK's energy policy