The rapid spread of hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") has temporarily boosted US natural gas and oil production... and sparked a massive environmental backlash in communities across the country. The fossil fuel industry is trying to sell fracking as the biggest energy development of the century, with slick promises of American energy independence and benefits to local economies.

SNAKE OIL casts a critical eye on the oil-industry hype that has hijacked America's energy conversation. This is the first book to look at fracking from both economic and environmental perspectives, informed by the most thorough analysis of shale gas and oil drilling data ever undertaken. Is fracking the miracle cure-all to our energy ills, or a costly distraction from the necessary work of reducing our fossil fuel dependence?

• We started tracking this book on September 20, 2013.
• This book was $4.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 41 times in the past 4,343 days.
• The current price of this book is $7.99 last checked 6 hours ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past 90 days.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is $4.99.
• The lowest price to date was $4.39 last reached on March 20, 2014.
• This book has been $4.39 one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $7.99 last reached on February 15, 2025.
• This book has been $7.99 17 times since we started tracking it.
• This book is currently at its highest price since we started tracking it.

• Science & MathPhysicsEnergy

• Publication Date: July 24, 2013
• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 164 Pages
• File Size: 29 KB