And I'd have to say that if I have to save my life by winning an argument with oil men in a bar in Midland, Tex., on this topic, I would go in with some lumps of black mudstone from the ancient rock record, I'd go in with the established figures on our present input of carbon dioxide, and I'd say which bit of this observational science do you guys quarrel with, and why? (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
As news spread over the weekend of the death of George P. Mitchell, the 94 - year - old Texas oil man widely credited with playing a pivotal role in unlocking the shale energy era, I reached out for a reaction from Daniel Yergin, the Pulitzer - winning chronicler of humanity's fossil fuel era. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)