Law360, New York (January 28, 2013, 12:18 PM EST) -- The discovery and development of economically efficient means to extract shale oil and gas, "fracking," is undermining efforts to reduce the use of hydrocarbons because alternative energy production, especially through solar cells and wind turbines, is more expensive than natural gas for producing electricity, particularly in North America. Many governments, demonstrating a priority for clean energy production, have been subsidizing solar and wind power to produce electricity (and batteries to power automobiles), but their own international trade laws confound their efforts: They cannot export the subsidized clean technology without encountering countervailing duty complaints....