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The drill line goes vertical, and then horizontal through the rock. sometimes as far as a mile. then under high-pressure water, chemicals and sand are pumped into the line forcing fractures in the rock, releasing the oil which is then pumped to the surface. it's genius technology is termed hydraulic fracturing or more commonly fracking and has led to a modern day oil rush. but there's something else locked up in the shale, natural gas. and natural gas is only half as much co 2coal, so it's a cleaner fossil fuel. in over a decade, u.s. production of shale gas has increased 12 times. meanwhile, ...

A modern day oil rush. but there's something else locked up in the shale, natural gas. and natural gas is only half as much co 2coal, so it's a cleaner fossil fuel. in over a decade, u.s. production of shale gas has increased 12 times. meanwhile, u.s. carbon emissions are at their lowest level since 1994. >> we've had a pretty significant reduction on our carbon dioxide emissions from fuel burning and it's because of the boom in natural gas which is cheaper than coal, so companies running power plants say, hey, why are we burning coal when we can burn natural gas? >> some people see natural ga...