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Fracking’s Future - Natural Gas, the Economy, and America’s Energy Prospects. Michael B. McElroy, Xi Lu, January February 2013, Opinion. "Supplies of natural gas now economically recoverable from shale in the United States could accommodate the country’s domestic demand for natural gas at current levels of consumption for more than a hundred years: an economic and strategic boon, and, at least in the near term, an important stepping-stone toward lower-carbon, greener energy. But even though natural gas is relatively “clean”—particularly relative to coal burned to generate electricity..." verified October 6, 2014