Re: Fracking
Originally Posted by
plantman
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I struggle to see how this can be worse than coal mining, at least it is much deeper and not really any different to oil drilling by all accounts so by and large I'm in favour of it.
What I would say, however, is that shale gas is just another finite resource that when it's gone it's gone, and therefore more reliable, long term, non consumable energy sources will have to be developed if humanity is to continue to increase and develop at it has.
Problem is they could damage the water table and that's very expensive to fix Plantman and besides, it's not really a cheap alternative.
What happens when they get it all out though?
There are places all over the world where things have been extracted from the ground and promises made to return it to nature afterwards but what do we do if they carry on with the trend of winding-down the company or declaring them bankrupt to avoid those costs?
It is happening now and taxpayer's having to pick up the tab.
Also, supposing the oil price plummets?
What then? stevmk2