Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Plentiful, Cheap, Clean, Democratic Energy 7
Chapter 2 An OPEC for Gas 33
Chapter 3 Gazprom: How the Shale Gas Revolution Weakens Russia's Energy Monopoly 47
Chapter 4 Criticisms of Fracking: Contaminated Groundwater 63
Chapter 5 Criticisms of Fracking: Using Too Much Water 75
Chapter 6 Criticisms of Fracking: Secret Chemicals 83
Chapter 7 Criticisms of Fracking: Seismic Activity 89
Chapter 8 Who Are the Anti-Fracking Activists? 95
Chapter 9 Coal Mining vs. Fracking 101
Chapter 10 What Is Fracking Really Like in America? 105
Chapter 11 Shale Gas Around the World 115
Chapter 12 Gasland and Josh Fox 177
Chapter 13 Luddites 211
Conclusion 217
Acknowledgements 225
Sources 227