I watched a documentary a while ago about fracking, it showed Americans being able to literally light the water coming out of their taps as a result of fracking. I can't remember the name but I'll try and search it out.
I could fart and register higher on the Richter Scale. The polution aspect is another thing of course, although i let fly this morning and fucking hell...
coal mining went on for hundreds of years .. I don't think there have been many, reported earthquakes or cave-ins as a result .. there have of course been landslides (Aberfan disaster for example) and serious diseases as a consequence of historical lack of health and safety in the coal mining industry .. I can understand the apprehension on the part of people who live in the areas where fracking is happening. However, as stated above, the potential benefits to the UK energy sector could be massive
coal mining went on for hundreds of years .. I don't think there have been many, reported earthquakes or cave-ins as a result .. there have of course been landslides (Aberfan disaster for example) and serious diseases as a consequence of historical lack of health and safety in the coal mining industry .. I can understand the apprehension on the part of people who live in the areas where fracking is happening. However, as stated above, the potential benefits to the UK energy sector could be massive
Comparing coal mining with fracking won’t work I’m afraid. It’s not just about getting stuff out of the ground. It’s how you achieve it.
coal mining went on for hundreds of years .. I don't think there have been many, reported earthquakes or cave-ins as a result .. there have of course been landslides (Aberfan disaster for example) and serious diseases as a consequence of historical lack of health and safety in the coal mining industry .. I can understand the apprehension on the part of people who live in the areas where fracking is happening. However, as stated above, the potential benefits to the UK energy sector could be massive
Severe settlement cracks in buildings ARE a feature in mining areas, from the coalfields of Durham to the tin mines of Cornwall. It affects the house insurance you can get in many places.
But there is a difference between the very local effects of the collapse of old tunnels and shafts, and pumping a lubricant under high pressure into rocks which contain ancient faults that may reactivate when lubricated and cause damage over a wide area.
We can surely learn from the mistakes made by our forebears who left us with dangerous spoil heaps and waterways polluted by the run-off emerging from mine adits. They could perhaps plead ignorance, but we can't.
We have evidence of the harm that can result from fracking, and have no right to bequeath the unpredictable downsides of fracking to future generations for our short-term convenience.
Fracking has many environmental consequences, not just earthquakes but air pollution, creation of greenhouse gases, & the pollution of the water table. The exact ingredients of the crap liquid fracking companies pump into the ground is not known. Where is it going ? Into the water table. It is the state / tax payers that pick up the tab for the impacts of pollution - on people via the NHS & any future clean up of water. These future costs are conveniently ignored by the fracking companies & the gov pushing this crap technology.
Renewables are becoming more efficient very quickly & it would make much more sense to be a world leader & invest & develop this technology.
How many tremor since it started? Each one slightly bigger than the last. It's a bit like playing pontoon, they should stick, but they keep on twisting until they burst.
coal mining went on for hundreds of years .. I don't think there have been many, reported earthquakes or cave-ins as a result .. there have of course been landslides (Aberfan disaster for example) and serious diseases as a consequence of historical lack of health and safety in the coal mining industry .. I can understand the apprehension on the part of people who live in the areas where fracking is happening. However, as stated above, the potential benefits to the UK energy sector could be massive
And that's why this world will be much, much better off when we're gone.
The fracking site is about a 15 minute drive from me. Most of the local people seem to be apathetic about the whole thing. They are more infuriated by the delay in traffic caused by protesters as the site is on the only main route out of the Fylde. Lancashire County Council rejected the fracking proposals but were overruled by central government. All level of Councils seem to be currently keeping a low profile on the issue. This is a strong Conservative area.
"Why does fracking have such a stigma when 90% of people don't know what it is?" (quote by fracker in the ES article)
Well, well, so the frackers are calling green liberal-lefties ignorant? No irony intended in that quote, obviously. Unbiased surveys of people opposed to and in favour of fracking show that the opponents are very well informed and have read up on the subject, while the people who say "why not just get on with it?" are the ones who don't have a Scooby what it entails.
"Why does fracking have such a stigma when 90% of people don't know what it is?" (quote by fracker in the ES article)
Well, well, so the frackers are calling green liberal-lefties ignorant? No irony intended in that quote, obviously. Unbiased surveys of people opposed to and in favour of frackingBrexit show that the opponents are very well informed and have read up on the subject, while the people who say "why not just get on with it?" are the ones who don't have a Scooby what it entails.
"Why does fracking have such a stigma when 90% of people don't know what it is?" (quote by fracker in the ES article)
Well, well, so the frackers are calling green liberal-lefties ignorant? No irony intended in that quote, obviously. Unbiased surveys of people opposed to and in favour of frackingBrexit show that the opponents are very well informed and have read up on the subject, while the people who say "why not just get on with it?" are the ones who don't have a Scooby what it entails.
Fixed that for you ;0)
The merest smidgen of a such a thought had never so much as fleetingly crossed what passes for a mind in my case. I obviously just stigmatise without cause.
Footage of the OB dealing with a 79yo woman who made cups of tea on the anti-fracking frontline at a site about nine miles from my house. Exploration of that site has stopped for the foreseeable.
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I can understand the apprehension on the part of people who live in the areas where fracking is happening. However, as stated above, the potential benefits to the UK energy sector could be massive
But there is a difference between the very local effects of the collapse of old tunnels and shafts, and pumping a lubricant under high pressure into rocks which contain ancient faults that may reactivate when lubricated and cause damage over a wide area.
We can surely learn from the mistakes made by our forebears who left us with dangerous spoil heaps and waterways polluted by the run-off emerging from mine adits. They could perhaps plead ignorance, but we can't.
We have evidence of the harm that can result from fracking, and have no right to bequeath the unpredictable downsides of fracking to future generations for our short-term convenience.
Renewables are becoming more efficient very quickly & it would make much more sense to be a world leader & invest & develop this technology.
It's a bit like playing pontoon, they should stick, but they keep on twisting until they burst.
And don't think they only have eyes on the far north of these isles... see map https://frack-off.org.uk/locations/ or scroll down this article for a more detailed map of the prospective south east sites https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/acid-drilling-national-parks/
Well, well, so the frackers are calling green liberal-lefties ignorant? No irony intended in that quote, obviously. Unbiased surveys of people opposed to and in favour of fracking show that the opponents are very well informed and have read up on the subject, while the people who say "why not just get on with it?" are the ones who don't have a Scooby what it entails.