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Fracking movie “Promised Land” is a gusher

January 9, 2013 by Lindsay Curren 4 Comments

Fracking movie “Promised Land” is a gusher

After I saw Matt Damon and John Krasinski's new fracking drama Promised Land, I couldn't help but compare it to the slew of trite pieces trotted out during the previews. There was the typical wedding family hijinks RomCom; the take-no-prisoners gangster-fest; the scorched-earth-meets-futuristic-savior piece; and some picture about a lovable psychotic redeemed by a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Films, Reviews Tagged With: Gas, hydrofracking, natural gas, peak oil, plutocracy, Promised Land, shale gas

The great white shale

November 1, 2010 by Lindsay Curren 12 Comments

The great white shale

Everybody likes good news. But perhaps nobody likes good news as much as exuberant traders and financial advisers who are in the business of selling willing investors on making a quick buck off the next greatest thing to come rolling down the pike. Such is the case for American shale gas, which, to hear it from some analysts, offers a Saudi Arabia on American soil, or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: Art Berman, ASPO, economy, interview, peak oil, pollution, shale gas, Stars of Peak Oil, water

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