I’ve done thousands of fracking jobs — here’s the truth the activists won’t tell | February 09, 2026 | Dan Doyle | Fox News

*//A perspective on US Shale* > In **1643**, **Evangelista Torricelli** used a tube of mercury to first measure **pressure**. In **1897**, **German mechanical engineer Rudolf Diesel** invented the **diesel engine** with financial help from the **Krupp family**, financiers of the Third Reich. Four thousand years ago, the **Egyptians** **invented the pump**. > > Collectively, the above are the **bedrock of…