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Yale Environment 360: Estimates of the amount of natural gas that can be extracted from U.S. reserves is much too high and the boom may last just half as long as predicted, says a new report in the journal Nature. Official government estimates by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) suggest that peak natural gas production, driven by the rapid growth of hydraulic fracturing, will likely last until 2040 before tapering off. The new analysis suggests that that estimate is too high. Instead, researchers say, the peak......
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U.S. Natural Gas Fracking Boom May Be Shorter Than Predicted, Study Says
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on December 5th, 2014
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