A Fracking Good Story

Should Europe be Fracking?

Fracking came out in '47, and don't believe for a minute when our president gets up there and says the Department of Energy 30 years ago developed fracking.

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Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is one of the most important conversion processes used in petroleum refineries.

Critics of Europe s apparent lack of enthusiasm for fracking miss two key points.

The amazing truth is that fracking has succeeded where Kyoto and carbon taxes have failed. As shown in a study by the Breakthrough Institute, fracking was built on substantial government investment in technological innovation for three decades.

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The amazing truth is that fracking has succeeded where Kyoto and carbon taxes have failed.

Fracking would also be a strategic boon, because it would diminish the country s dependence on Russia for gas.

Fracking is not yet a mature technology, and thus it is very likely to improve over time.

Fracking is not a panacea, but it really is by far this decade s best green energy option.

Maybe Europe will become a leader in advanced fracking when the shale gas deposits in the US have already been exhausted.

Indeed, thanks to the new techniques in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, shale gas may well become the dominant energy resource of the future.

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Whatever remains for public investments are sure to be wasted, as projects tend to pass cost benefit analysis when the financing comes from easy money, generously provided by mother nature.

Of course, technological advances, like hydraulic fracturing ( fracking ) in the shale gas industry, could increase supply and therefore lower prices.

Shale gas contributed almost nothing to US natural gas supplies at the start of the century by last year, its share had soared to 34 , with the US Energy Information Administration predicting a further rise to one half by 2040.

Britain offers generous tax concessions for oil and gas exploration, including bumper deals for companies involved in fracking.

As shown in a study by the Breakthrough Institute, fracking was built on substantial government investment in technological innovation for three decades.

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As a result, Europeans, facing uncertain environmental consequences while receiving none of the revenues, tend to oppose fracking nearby.

CA One of the questions from the audience is, with fracking and the natural gas process, what about the problem of methane leaking from that, methane being a worse global warming gas than CO2?

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CA So what happened was that, through increased ability to use fracking technology, the calculated reserves of natural gas kind of exploded and the price plummeted, which made wind uncompetitive.

Governments certainly have a role to play in supporting the development of new technologies, such as fracking but, once the technology has been developed, there is no reason why one form of gas production should be subsidized via tax breaks.

In fact, the United States is now investing heavily in natural gas without recognizing or caring that its shale gas boom, based on new hydraulic fracturing technology, is likely to make matters worse.

The United Kingdom has been reluctant to join the hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) revolution. Yet tapping the Bowland Shale could reignite the UK economy and deliver huge cuts in CO2 emissions.

From an economic (and environmental) standpoint, fracking is thus unlikely to bring large benefits for Europe shale gas might simply substitute for plentiful conventional gas.

Whereas extraction of America s extensive reserves of natural gas was previously thought to be unfeasible, technologies such as hydraulic fracturing ( fracking ) have ushered in a shale gas revolution.

America s rapid switch to natural gas is the result of three decades of technological innovation, particularly the development of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which has opened up large new resources of previously inaccessible shale gas.

Meanwhile, the fracking bonanza in the US not only delivers a much greater reduction for free, but also creates long term social benefits through lower energy costs.

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BRUSSELS The global energy community is abuzz with excitement about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a newish technology that has opened formerly inaccessible reserves of gas trapped in underground shale formations.

Of course, technological advances, like hydraulic fracturing ( fracking ) in the shale gas industry, could increase supply and therefore lower prices. But mounting environmental challenges, and the limited availability of commodity substitutes, suggest that a reprieve on commodity prices is not near.

Moreover, as we have burned fossil fuels, we have simultaneously found new resources and discovered new methods, such as horizontal fracturing, which has dramatically increased the availability of natural gas while driving down its cost.

Few economic regions have made much progress in this transformation. In fact, the United States is now investing heavily in natural gas without recognizing or caring that its shale gas boom, based on new hydraulic fracturing technology, is likely to make matters worse.