Fracking : fracturing rock to reach oil and gas underground / Nancy Dickmann.

Author/creator Dickmann, Nancy author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Crabtree Publishing Company, [2016]
Copyright Date©2016
Description32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Subjects

SeriesNext generation energy
Next generation energy. ^A1355009
Contents What is energy? -- Fracking 101 -- Fracking products -- The dawn of fracking -- How it works -- Where in the world? -- Gas vs. coal -- The fracking boom -- Environmental impact -- Political controversy -- Pros and cons -- The future of fracking -- Power up!
Abstract "Oil and gas trapped underground can be reached by drilling deep beneath the oceans and the ground. But these deposits may soon dry up. An alternative way to reach bigger deposits is fracking - fracturing the rock underground. Discover how fracking harnesses supplies of gas and oil unreachable by drilling, the challenges of this form of mining, and the controversies surrounding it."--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Audience 1060 Lexile
LCCN 2015022003
ISBN9780778719847 (reinforced library binding ; alk. paper)
ISBN0778719847 (reinforced library binding ; alk. paper)
ISBN9780778720072 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN0778720071 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN(electronic pdf ; alk. paper)
ISBN(electronic html ; alk. paper)

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