"Bill Powers disperses the smoke and shatters the mirrors of a nation wishing itself to death. He lays out in lucid detail why shale gas is not the "game-changer" touted in Wall Street's propaganda mills and he is brave enough to draw conclusions that Americans desperately need to hear…"

—James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere, The Long Emergency, the World Made By Hand novels and other books

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Publication Info

Publication date: May 2013
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN-10: 0865717435
ISBN-13: 978-0865717435

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In the News

Forbes
September 03, 2014

CBC - Television Interview
March 06, 2014

Business News Network-Television Interview
February 25, 2014

Business News Network - Television Interview
January 24, 2014

The Energy Report
January 14, 2014

Bloomberg
July 15, 2013

Business News Network - Television Interview
June 25, 2013

DeSmogBlog
May 08, 2013

The Energy Report
May 07, 2013

Energy & Capital
March 18, 2013

Speaking Engagements

FT Energy Strategies Summit
May 14, 2015
New York, NY

FT Energy Strategies Summit: Risk and Opportunity in an Era of Energy Abundance

Oil and Gas Summit 2015: Fundamentals, Financials, Prices, and Politics
January 20, 2015
Hyatt Regency Calgary • Calgary, Alberta

Debate: Is the U.S. Shale Oil and Gas Revolution Sustainable? Moderated by: Hon. Adam Sieminski, Administrator, US EIA Participants: Edward Morse, Global Head, Commodities, Citi Research and Bill Powers

National Association of Business Economists (NABE) Annual Meeting
September 28, 2014
Chicago, IL

The Bursting of the Shale Gas Bubble