This Year in Gas

Oil, and its many derivatives, is possibly the only exception to how prohibitively costly this can conceivably become, largely because, among all fuel sources, oil is unique in having an enormous and homogeneous end-market in vehicles that does not, at some eventual point, require transformation into electrical energy.

As Chapter 7 shows, fracking, for all its environmental downsides, has largely liberated America from the dangers of being dependent on a static yet declining industry.