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show a strong relationship with the organic-matter content of these shales.
Exploration and exploitation techniques are very different from those de-
veloped over the last 150 years for conventional resources and require a new
''mind-set''. In particular, the production of these resources is entirely
dependent on the creation of an artificial reservoir by hydraulic fracturing,
with the inherent over-hyped and often erroneous environment concerns
voiced over the process. While concerns over potential climate change due to
the extraction of energy from such resources are legitimate and timely, these
resources have a valuable place in supplying a less carbon-rich energy source
than coal while the energy-hungry human race develops economic replace-
ment, climate-neutral energy sources.
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