[arista]

So all 3 want Fracking of our underground Gas.



Arrests as protesters try to stop tankers entering the Salford site today.


http://news.sky.com/story/1194087/fr...ls-drill-money


So Kizzy all 3 back Fracking
providing its safe.

[Kizzy]

I don't care what politicians say, I care what geologists say.
There was no question it was going ahead whatever the science said.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I don't care what politicians say, I care what geologists say.
There was no question it was going ahead whatever the science said.

Yes well they will do a Report for Each Area.




why is Labour backing this?

[Livia]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes well they will do a Report for Each Area.




why is Labour backing this?

Because they all have the same interests at heart.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by arista

why is Labour backing this?

Because no matter how many times the inevitable is stalled with new discoveries, the fact is, the world's fuel resources are running out... and the **** is going to hit the fan when they do... so they're all in a slow, silent panic. They have to back this. They have to back it even if it is dangerous. They have no other viable alternative to scraping the bottom of the resources barrel at this point.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Because no matter how many times the inevitable is stalled with new discoveries, the fact is, the world's fuel resources are running out... and the **** is going to hit the fan when they do... so they're all in a slow, silent panic. They have to back this. They have to back it even if it is dangerous. They have no other viable alternative to scraping the bottom of the resources barrel at this point.

This tbh

I would rather risk the environment than run out of fuel sometime in the next few years. We are already screwing the environment anyway.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

This tbh

I would rather risk the environment than run out of fuel sometime in the next few years. We are already screwing the environment anyway.

Great Post Vicky

Originally Posted by Vicky.

This tbh

I would rather risk the environment than run out of fuel sometime in the next few years. We are already screwing the environment anyway.

Seriously? You don't care what we leave for Skye?

We have the means to utilise our current resources far more than we do, but we don't want to make the investments/upset business.

[joeysteele]

I didn't really expect any major party to come out against this.

[Niall]

Well this is awful.

[Z]

I think this is exciting. I don't know if it's the right thing to do in some senses and in others I think it is the right thing to do... the UK has too much riding on oil and gas to pass up our only viable new way of getting more from our own territory

[DDRickyDD]

Fracking will destroy the environment, which is probably the Conservatives aim. They have been a disgrace since they were elected in 2010.

[Nedusa]

Fracking Hell..............!!!!

[MTVN]

Fracking won't do massive damage to the environment anyway despite a lot of the scaremongering, people opposed to it tried to say it would contaminate the water supply but the water industry themselves have found it to be safe. In America they've actually been able to cut their carbon emissions by making use of fracking rather than just relying on coal

[Z]

The only reason fracking hasn't been explored as a possibility until recently was that it was easier to drill into the ground than to faff around with figuring out how best to go about fracking for energy resources; I feel that a small (but significant nonetheless) portion of the criticisms of fracking are more just a criticism of the oil and gas industry rather than of the process itself.

[Nedusa]

Whenever any new technology comes along there are risks involved and of course like the proposed H2S rail scheme people living near these "fracking" areas are going to be pissed off. But we are in an energy hole that can't be filled by renewable green technologies anytime soon. So the possiblity that there is up to 1,300 Trillion Cu mtrs of Gas awaiting retrieval is a huge carrot to the Energy Companies.

Like in the States expect to see the smaller companies get involved first before the big Oil majors start to move in after the majority of the teething problems have been sorted out.

Even if only 0.05% of these Gas reserves are realised then this will help the Govt's coffers in tax revenue and of course make our energy bills cheaper.

So I think we need to stay with this and try and improve the technologies and focus on the environmental costs/risks to ensure this fledgling industry follows all the rules and does not try to cut corners...............

[MTVN]

I agree with what Lord Howell said, just do all the fracking up north, don't need to worry about ruining the land up there

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by MTVN

I agree with what Lord Howell said, just do all the fracking up north, don't need to worry about ruining the land up there

Frack off!