Tag Archives: Fracking

Energy’s Grand Divergence

Posted on April 5, 2012 by macromon

Take a look at the long-term charts of crude oil and natural gas.  The historical oil-to-gas price ratio had ranged from 6:1 to 10:1 before the economic crisis.  Since one barrel of oil contains the energy equivalent of the 5.825 … Continue reading →

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What the ‘frack is ‘fracking’? – GPS

Posted on March 31, 2012 by macromon

Good stuff from Fareed Zakaria’s GPS blog.  He argues that the rise of “shale gas is shaping up to be the biggest shift in energy in generations”  and, More important, the United States has become the world’s low-cost producer of … Continue reading →

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