In Gasland II, Director and journalist Joshua Fox states in his laconic NPR-style narration that as with most sequels, the empire does strike back. This is most certainly the case in this highly entertaining no-punches-pulled sequel to Fox's Oscar-nominated documentary Gasland as we watch corporations crush dissenters and watch, even, as Fox gets arrested in Congress for trying to cover a public hearing on fracking.
In Gasland II, Fox continues the story of hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" and its impact on lives. Unlike in Gasland which was more of an expose, in Gasland II, Fox takes time to explore the global trends that perpetuate the massive rush to frack America, namely the worldwide demand for natural gas. He concludes that it is not merely a desire to free America from dependence on foreign energy that is motivating the multi-trillion dollar oil and gas industry to destroy America's groundwater system, but the lure of foreign sales.
In Gasland II, Fox also explores the corruption in America's political system reaching all the way up to President Obama in painting a very sobering picture of what the future of fracking holds for all of us.
In Gasland II, Fox continues the story of hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" and its impact on lives. Unlike in Gasland which was more of an expose, in Gasland II, Fox takes time to explore the global trends that perpetuate the massive rush to frack America, namely the worldwide demand for natural gas. He concludes that it is not merely a desire to free America from dependence on foreign energy that is motivating the multi-trillion dollar oil and gas industry to destroy America's groundwater system, but the lure of foreign sales.
In Gasland II, Fox also explores the corruption in America's political system reaching all the way up to President Obama in painting a very sobering picture of what the future of fracking holds for all of us.