Tag: water consumption

The New York Times’ Monstrous Misrepresentation of U.S. Fracking Operations

The Shale Revolution improved upon technologies the oil and natural gas industry had been using for decades and enabled a transition from energy scarcity to energy security, reduced emissions, lowered prices and helped entice manufacturing and other investments across the country. Despite this and more than a decade of evidence demonstrating the safety of fracking,

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Natural Gas Reduces Water Consumption In Power Generation

Natural gas-fired power plants are not only more energy efficient than traditional sources, but have significantly reduced water consumption in electricity generation over the last decade, according to a recent analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Water plays a key role in power generation as it is used for cooling steam from the thermoelectric

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