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No- fracking became a known cause du jour in the 2000s, and it benefited from higher oil prices plus multiple advances in the various technologies and geology/
by beerandt 5y ago
No- fracking became a known cause du jour in the 2000s, and it benefited from higher oil prices plus multiple advances in the various technologies and geology/ geophysical mapping.
But the technology goes back before the 1950s.
ETA: Wikipedia says 1947.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing