The Energy Crisis Of Josh Fox s Documentary, Gasland, And...

The menace---and lucrativeness---of the energy crisis in the United States combined with the egregious aftereffects correlated with natural gas extraction makes the subject of hydraulic fracturing a very high stakes issue. Given the topic, the implications of Josh Fox’s documentary, Gasland, are as high stakes as could be expected. According to Fox’s claims in Gasland, the price of not believing his accusations is too steep to ignore. After the documentary came out in 2010 (IMDb), the industry that Fox sought to condemn agreed that the cost was high, but the consequences for them were opposite: if the public believed Fox’s claims and mobilized against fracking, a multi-billion-dollar industry stood to collapse (Carroll). So how could a mere movie be so threatening? More importantly, where are the chinks in its armor? At the University of California Berkeley, The Craft of Research, is so highly sought after by undergraduate students and their teachers, that professors warn students to snag their copy of the revered book as soon as possible, before the campus bookstore inevitably runs out. In it, budding research writers are warned about the consequences of insufficient evidence. The tome warns that â€Å"the problem of sufficient evidence is even worse when readers resist your solution because they have a stake in a different one† (Booth 142). Since Fox’s â€Å"solution† basically leaves no room for fracking to continue in a profitable manner, the natural gas industry definitely has â€Å"aShow MoreRelatedEnvironmental Analysis Assignment On The State Of Illinois1828 Words   |  8 Pagesthe many issues found in the state, hydraulic fracturing is of great concern. Shale gas is a type of unconventional natural gas that is found in low-permeability sedimentary formations. Unlike conventional gas, which migrates from the rocks where it was formed to rock reservoirs, this unconventional gas is trapped because the low permeability impedes its escape. This feature prevents long extraction of such a gas, since there is no technology capable of promoting its removal from within the shaleRead MoreFracking4932 Words   |  20 PagesMitchell, Chairman and CEO of Mitchell Energy Development Corp., cracked the code on what is today considered to be the new gold rush of the energy industry. By successfully commercializing hydraulic fracturing in the Barnett shale deposit, Mitchell ushered in a new opportunity for the United States to emerge as the largest natural gas producer in the world. Higher production of shale gas has reduced energy prices over the last five years and has increased U.S. energy self-sufficiency. Since it is viewed