Horizon
Season 50 Episode 13 - Fracking: The New Energy Rush
Iain Stewart investigates a new and controversial energy rush for the natural gas found deep underground. Sometimes, this is right under the places people live in. Getting it out of the ground involves hydraulic fracturing - or fracking. Iain travels to America to find to find out what it is, why it is a potential game changer and what we can learn from the US experience. He meets some of the people who have become rich from fracking as well as the communities worried about the risks.
Episodes in Season 50
The Truth About Looking Young
60 min
Mission to Mars
60 min
Eat, Fast and Live Longer
60 min
How Big Is the Universe?
60 min
How Small Is the Universe?
60 min
Defeating the Superbugs
60 min
The Creative Brain: How Insight Works
60 min
How to Avoid Mistakes in Surgery
60 min
The Truth about Taste
60 min
The Age of Big Data
60 min
The Secret Life of the Cat
60 min
Little Cat Diaries
60 min
Fracking: The New Energy Rush
60 min
Swallowed by a Black Hole
60 min
What Makes us Human?
60 min
The Truth About Personality
60 min