The Boom : How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World (Hardcover)

from irregularreader

Full disclosure part 1: I received this book as a First Reads Giveaway.Full disclosure part 2: My husband works for an oil and gas company, though not one of the ones featured in this book.I was both looking forward to and dreading reading this book. Cracking it open, I was mentally preparing mys...

from VGAHarris

I just finished this as we were discussing the topic on Facebook. I admit I had my reservations when I saw the author wrote for the Wall St. Journal which is usually blindly pro-free market and heavily for deregulation. He proved to be very thorough and balanced in his treatment of fracking, show...

from SamSattler

As someone who has been working in the energy sector for more than 40 years, I am probably more familiar with the subject of drilling and fracking than the average citizen, but I still learned some things from Russell Gold's "The Boom." It is always healthy to look at an issue as sensitive as fra...

from untraveller

A good, well-written book about fracking and it's various impacts on our culture. There is a lot of negative publicity out about this book and it's not being a even approach to the topic. Disagree, because tis not necessary. On the cover is enough information to let the reader know where the auth...

from untraveller

A good, well-written book about fracking and it's various impacts on our culture. There is a lot of negative publicity out about this book and it's not being a even approach to the topic. Disagree, because tis not necessary. On the cover is enough information to let the reader know where the auth...