We tend to forget an old adage:
“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
There’s another aspect; a lot can be done if the price is right.
“hydraulic fracturing has been used for over 60 years in more than one million wells.” (from Wikipedia)
I guess if the reporter has never heard of something before, it must be ‘new’.
And.... Capitalism works every time it’s tried.
“We tend to forget an old adage:
“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
Was that ever true when Hitler during WWII made coal into gasoline for his Panzers as access to oil was blocked and South Africa during Apartheid did the same as no one wished to sell them oil.
Yep, those were necessary times to them.