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Peak Oil

raccoon

(31,531 posts) Tue Oct 10, 2017, 10:29 AM Oct 2017

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because the US is producing a lot more oil because of fracking.

I've been reading a lot about this sort of stuff recently. Can anyone direct me to a link or tell me, what does this mean about the US's production of oil? Somehow, I don't think fracking is a long-term solution.

I found one

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141219-fracking-oil-supply-price-reserves-profits-environment/

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Yes, it's because of fracking Spider Jerusalem Oct 2017 #1

thank you! nt raccoon Oct 2017 #2