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undersTandinG fraCkinG To understand America’s energy issues and to craft sound energy policy, it’s essential to have a good understanding of “fracking”—or “hydraulic fracturing,” in stodgier, more technical language—a much-maligned process that, when paired with horizontal drilling, has singlehandedly revolutionized America’s energy situation. Enormous reserves of natural gas and oil are trapped beneath American soil in shale, a dense stone formation where oil and gas originate. By the Energy Information Administration’s best estimates, the United States is home to more than 2,303 trillion cubic feet of potential natural-gas resources 1 (which, presuming a 2009 rate of consumption, is 110 years’ worth of natural gas), 2 as well as 220.2 billion barrels of oil 3 —but until recently, most of that energy was inaccessible. Fracking involves the “fracturing” of energy-storing rock formations, allowing producers access to these reserves. Though fracking has become controversial in recent years, it’s actually a fairly old process—and one that makes today’s tactics look benign. In the 1860s, a veteran of the Mexican War and Civil War named Edward A. Roberts was reportedly inspired by the artillery-shell damage he’d seen in combat, and he decided to drop an “exploding torpedo” made of up to 20 pounds of gun powder down a well. 4 After it detonated, he used large amounts of water to further pry apart the stone above the shale layer, releasing trapped energy reserves in the process. The idea was a success, and soon, Roberts was selling his patented torpedoes to energy producers for up to $200 apiece, plus royalties. 5 Though the process was soon adopted by major mining companies, safety was lacking—especially when nitroglycerin came to replace gun powder. In fact, one observer noted in 1869 that “the chap who struck it a hard rap might as well avoid trouble among his heirs by having had his will written and a cigar-box ordered to hold such fragments as his weeping relatives could pick up from the surrounding district.” 6
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