Shale gas clobbers wind turbines – on economics, the environment and every other basis Matt Ridley Which would you rather have in the view from your house? A thing about the size of a domestic garage, or eight towers twice the height of Nelson’s column with blades noisily thrumming the air. The energy they can [...]
Holman W Jenkins The shale gas revolution has been a surprise, in a sector where surprises are still permitted. Nobody “planned” it. There’s a lesson here for every kind of reformer: Often the only plan needed is a plan to remove obstacles to innovation. With turmoil in the Middle East comes the inevitable spike in [...]
Jack H. Barnes The natural gas cartel, a dream of Russia’s just a few years ago, is dead. It died when a natural gas revolution broke out and Gazprom lost. Energy importing nations around the world are evaluating their own geology, currently, to see if they have shale reserves that can be tapped. Nations like [...]
Hydraulic fracturing opponents misrepresent facts to protect their ideologies and agendas Paul Driessen Hydraulic fracturing sends “huge volumes of toxic fluids” deep underground at high pressure, to fracture shale rock and release natural gas, Food & Water Watch claims. “Billions of gallons of toxic fluids” will “contaminate” groundwater and drinking water “for generations.” We [...]
A vital part of the solution to our economic and employment crisis is right under our feet Paul Driessen A frequent refrain during budget and debt ceiling debates is that we need revenue enhancement: higher tax rates, reduced deductions, eliminated credits. But doing this, especially amid today’s massively expanding regulations, will kill more jobs and [...]
EPA trumpets dubious shale gas risks – but ignores environmental impacts of wind turbines Paul Driessen America is running out of natural gas. Prices will soar, making imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) and T Boone Pickens’ wind farm plan practical, affordable and inevitable. That was then. Barely two years later, America (and the world) are [...]
The difference between traditional directional or slant drilling and modern day horizontal drilling, is that with directional drilling it can take up to 2,000 feet for the well to bend from drilling at a vertical to drilling horizontally. Modern horizontal drilling, however, can make a 90 degree turn in only a few feet! The concept [...]
Hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as fracking, is a proven technological advancement which allows natural gas and oil producers to safely recover natural gas and oil from deep shale formations. This discovery has the potential to not only dramatically reduce our reliance on foreign fuel imports, but also to significantly reduce our national carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and accelerate [...]
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