THE GREEN AND THE BLACK: THE COMPLETE STORY OF THE SHALE REVOLUTION, THE FIGHT OVER FRACKING, AND THE FUTURE OF ENERGY
Book ID/图书代码： 12844015B79849
English Summary/英文概要： Gary Sernovitz leads a double life. A typical New York liberal, he is also an oilman - a fact his left-leaning friends let slide until the word "fracking" entered popular parlance. "How can you frack?" they suddenly demanded, aghast. But for Sernovitz, the real question is, "What happens if we don’t?"
Fracking has become a four-letter word to environmentalists. But most people don’t know what it means. In his fast-paced, funny, and lively book, Sernovitz explains the reality of fracking: what it is, how it can be made safer, and how the oil business works.
He also tells the bigger story. Fracking was just one part of a shale revolution that shocked our assumptions about fueling America’s future. The revolution has transformed the world with consequences for the oil industry, investors, environmentalists, political leaders, and anyone who lives in areas shaped by the shales, uses fossil fuels, or cares about the climate - in short, everyone. Thanks to American engineers’ oilfield innovations, the United States is leading the world in reducing carbon emissions, has sparked a potential manufacturing renaissance, and may soon eliminate its dependence on foreign energy. Once again the largest oil and gas producer in the world, America has altered its balance of power with Russia and the Middle East.
Yet the shale revolution has also caused local disruptions and pollution. It has prolonged the world’s use of fossil fuels. Is there any way to reconcile the costs with the benefits of fracking?
To do so, we must start by understanding fracking and the shale revolution in their totality. The Green and the Black bridges the gap in America’s energy education. With an insider’s firsthand knowledge and unprecedented clarity, Sernovitz introduces readers to the shales - a history-upturning "Internet of oil" - tells the stories of the shale revolution’s essential characters, and addresses all the central controversies. To capture the economic, political, and environmental
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 作者Gary Sernovitz是能源行业的业内人士，也是一名小说家、散文家，其作品《绿与黑》完整、全面地描绘了过去十年里最重大、也是最特殊的变革：美国石油与天然气热潮。在许多方面，这本书都可以看做是Dan Yergin的《奖品》和《探索》的续篇。《绿与黑》向我们展示了这股意想不到的热潮是如何在全国和全球范围内颠覆传统行业、影响我们的日常生活、商业、环境和经济的。尽管也有不少同类体裁的作品，但没有一部像《绿与黑》这样提供了全面的、一手的信息，描述了石油与天然气改革的每个阶段及其全球影响。本书的作者从行业专家的角度叙述了整个过程，语言深入浅出，诙谐幽默，独具个性，因而不仅仅是一本鼓噪乏味的石油与天然气行业的书籍。本书不仅对商业领导、政策制定者有用，也可供普通读者消遣阅读。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况："Sernovitz, who writes with flair, humor, and assurance, includes some recent history of the industry, some big personalities, a little technology and geology, arguments of environmentalists (the "Green" of the title) and of oilmen ("Black"), and a wealth of statistics....An insider’s cheerful, energetic examination of an industry that has changed dramatically in the last decade.” – Kirkus
"Sernovitz’s deep insider’s knowledge and scintillating prose make this one of the best treatments of this very contentious subject" - Publishers Weekly
"Sernovitz writes passionately, even lovingly of the industry... offers a necessary perspective" - Booklist
“Across the broad spectrum of American writers, there’s simply no one else quite like Gary Sernovitz, at once a brilliant novelist, hilarious cultural critic, energy-industry insider, and self-described ’liberal oilman.’ (Imagine Saul Bellow’s giant ecstatic heart transplanted into T. Boone Pickens, and you’re getting warm.) This has to be one of the most searching, literate, and funniest books about American energy ever written, and it will usefully complicate even one’s most zealous certainties about fossil fuels.” ―Tom Bissell
“As a novelist-turned-oilman, Gary Sernovitz is uniquely equipped to introduce the general reader to the complexities of the oil industry. Erudite, conversational, and brimming with vivid descriptions and helpful analogies, The Green and the Black informs and expands the contemporary debate around fracking and fossil fuels.” ―Kate Bolick
"[The Green and the Black] provides a comprehensive, balanced view of the far-reaching impact of the U.S. shale revolution." - Mark Papa, Former Chairman and CEO, EOG Resources
"Gary Sernovitz has written a mini-masterpiece about an American-born technology that has the continuing potential to revolutionize the world of energy economics and bring about social and political challenges and opportunities for many decades. His style is intelligent, balanced with regard to highlighting competing views of each major topic, and technically and economically illuminating. Everyone in America should read Chapter 11. If you don’t necessarily agree with every claim the author makes, you will nonetheless find the book incredibly informative, well-researched, and witty." - Jim Hackett, Former Chairman and CEO, Anadarko Petroleum
"Gary Sernovitz is a unique figure in American letters. A talented novelist (his The Contrarians should be read alongside Liar’s Poker as an introduction to the world of the American investment bank), he is also a private equity investor, specializing in the oil sector. He is, finally, a person of conscience. His account here of the shale revolution of the past decade is funny, informed, and unsparing. You may not share his affection for natural gas, or accept his case for fracking, but if you are opposed to these technologies - and you should be - it’s important to understand the other side." - Keith Gessen
About the Author/作者介绍： Gary Sernovitz最适合写作这本书，作为Lime Rock Management公司的董事经理，其部分工作涉及到向全世界的投资者解释美国石油与天然气热潮。同时，Sernovitz也是一名散文家兼书评人，其作品曾发表于《纽约时报》、《华尔街日报》等著名报刊；Sernovitz是一名敏锐、深刻的作家，博学的知识令其能够引用各类资料，将想法跃于纸上。 Sernovitz著有两部小说：《美国大平原》和《叛逆者》，他十分擅长利用个人色彩和诙谐幽默来渲染其作品。
Gary Sernovitz is perfectly positioned to write this book. As a managing director at Lime Rock Management, an oil and gas–focused private equity firm with $5.5 billion under management, part of his job entails clearly explaining America’s oil and gas boom to investors worldwide. An essayist and book reviewer whose pieces have been published in The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, The New Republic online, and n+1, Sernovitz is an incisive writer whose polymathic intelligence allows him to draw on a wealth of material, helping ideas come to life on the page. And the author of two critically acclaimed novels, Great American Plain and The Contrarians, both published by Henry Holt, Sernovitz is adept at coloring his prose with personality and levity.
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