COMMENTS

摘要

"George P. Mitchell's life is a great American story. The son of a Greek goat herder, he worked his way through university and, starting out with nothing, built a major company. He is also a great American innovator, for he is responsible for what is the most important innovation in world energy so far this century. Before his breakthrough, shale gas had another name—'uneconomic' gas. It was thought that there was no way to commercially extract it. He proved that it could be done.