Resumen de Oil on zap!
Hambling talks about microwave zapping. Engineer Peter Kearl sees microwaves as the answer to humans' energy woes. As the world debates whether fracking for oil and gas is an economic godsend or an environmental nightmare, Kearl thinks zapping the ground with microwaves could provide a cleaner, greener way to get those fuels out. Microwaves can exploit an underappreciated feature of some hydrocarbons: while they can be an asphalt-like solid at room temperature, they become liquid with a little heating. The trouble is getting the heat down into the kinds of permeable racks that trap oil and gas.
