Thursday, July 26, 2012

What does ice cream and natural gas have in common?



Believe it or not a small bean.


Which is used in this


and this


likely picked by her and thousand of people like her


The guar bean grown in the northern India state of Rajasthan is now a key element in the chemical cocktail used to frack wells, the technology that has prompted the oil and gas boom sweeping across North America and is set to spur a worldwide boost in oil and gas recovery. Read the rest at Oil Price.com

The good news for the farmer (hopefully and not all the middlemen) is the price of the guar bean has gone up, $4 to $30 per Kilo, expect your Ice cream habit to cost more soon!

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