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Fracking is as old as oil

The Evansville Daily Journal of March 9 1865 has this report from the dawn of the oil and gas industry.

Oil is a risky business. It is not surprising to hear a geologist predict that ‘peak oil’ has past. Oil’s future will be inexorable decline. It would not shock you unduly to hear them say oil is now just “a temporary and vanishing phenomenon—one which young men will live to see come to its natural… Continue reading The Unmet Need