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Than 1% of the water use in texas, in certain counties, according to a university of texas study, fracking uses up 50% of the water supply. but before we go any further, just what is fracking? i'm going to leave that explanation to "all in's" chris hayes, who not only explained the process, but had some cool animation made for his documentary, "the power of politics," which aired last night on msnbc. >> the process begins by drilling down thousands of feet into the tough shale layer. the drill line goes vertical and then horizontal through the rock, sometimes as far as a mile. then, under high...

Ally bank. your money needs an ally. tomorrow night during this hour, we'll be airing a brand new documentary on climate change called "the politics of power." here's a sneak preview. >> in the last few years we have begun to wean ourselves off foreign oil. since 2005, oil imports are down from 60% to less than 45% of total consumption. part of the reason, a technological breakthrough that makes it possible to extract vast amounts of oil, shale rock, right in our own backyard. >> up until relatively recently, it was untappable, impossible to get oil out of this rock. a few people had a visio...