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Fracking has nothing to do with energy. When you look at EROI oil from a gusher is around ~100:1. For solar 10-25:1, wind 20-50:1, Fracking is 10:1 and most of
by casey2 9mo ago
Fracking has nothing to do with energy. When you look at EROI oil from a gusher is around ~100:1. For solar 10-25:1, wind 20-50:1, Fracking is 10:1 and most of that doesn't end up as diesel
It's useful for the plastics and petrochemical industry, but it's not going to make the country energy independent, even including battery costs wind still trounces.
- jtbaker 9mo agoIsn't LNG a byproduct of the fracking process - and natural gas has taken over a good chunk of coal's role in our electricity generation?
- defrost 9mo agoExtracting LNG may or may not be via fracking, and may come from conventional or unconvential fields. The largest LNG gas fields currently producing are not being "fracked", eg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pars/North_Dome_Gas-Condensate_field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pars/North_Dome_Gas-Cond...