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There’s a revolution in America. It’s called fracking. Fracking is the process of using high pressure salt water to pull oil and gas from the deep rock beneath our feet. According to award-winning author John Graves, fracking is also creating a generation of opportunity for America. Graves’ new book, Fracking: America’s Alternative Energy Revolution is the story of the process, the people and the communities involved in this exciting new energy world. It aims to set the record straight about the economics, the science and the politics of fracking. In his book, Graves addresses everything from landowners’ rights and environmental concerns to the broad benefits for both small communities and the country at large. Graves cites, for example, the creation of 1.7 million jobs since 2005; the reduction of 450 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions, directly resulting from replacing coal with fracked natural gas in electricity generation; and the energy independence gained by relying on indigenous resources rather than imported ones. Fracking, is a compelling book for anyone curious about the subject, yet left feeling frustrated by the absence of a reasonable voice somewhere between the industry lingo and the angry rhetoric of anti-fracking lobbyists. Graves has made himself an expert on fracking by doing the hard research and reporting. With Fracking, he puts a hot topic into perspective and into plain English. And he makes it clear that America’s newest heroes are the young roughnecks manning the new high-tech rigs, “the big boys with the big toys.”