Groundswell

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andlt;pandgt;From the bestselling author of Ethical Oil comes a provocative exploration of the shale gas rush. Levant explains what fracking is and explores what its enemies do not want you to know and why it has the potential to change our future.In Groundswell, Ezra Levant examines the fracking revolution. Fracking (from andquot;fracturingandquot;) involves injecting millions of gallons of water mixed with sand and chemicals into a well deep underground to fracture shale rock and release previously inaccessible reserves of oil and gas. The United States, Canada, North Africa, and the Middle East have vast reserves of shale gas and accessing it will mean a seismic shift in energy geopolitics. With natural gas in abundance, prices fall and the stranglehold by energy companies like Russiaand#39;s Gazprom loosens. OPEC, environmentalists, and communities throughout North America are fighting hard to stop fracking, and Levant debunks their motivations and arguments, while arguing that frackingand#39;s benefits outweigh its costs, even environmentally. With Ethical Oil, Levant completely changed the debate surrounding Canadaand#39;s oil sands. In this timely and controversial book he provides desperately needed perspective on a subject of growing global importance.andlt;/pandgt;