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Forget The Planet – The Economics Of Fracking May Not Work

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Boom and bust cycles are nothing new in the oil business – something Texas oil producers know well. And new extraction techniques like fracking have promised huge future gains for the industry. Investigative journalist Bethany McLean joins us to discuss whether those anticipated returns are based on reality which she writes about in “Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World” (Columbia Global Reports).