15-06-2016, 12:27 PM
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Re: Who now supports fraccking???
Originally Posted by JBR
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A dog kennel perhaps!
15-06-2016, 01:52 PM
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Re: Who now supports fraccking???
Now let me think, do I want to be at the mercy of the big oil producers in the gulf states and the manipulation and vagaries of the oil market for my energy or would I prefer a mixture of home produced energy including fracking in geological suitable areas (which have a minute chance of polluting water in one small area) . Not too difficult a decision these days.I am also watching with interest the now delayed Swansea bay tidal lagoon project which apparently would provide enough renewable power to supply 155,000 homes 120 years. Not a lot I know in the big scheme of things but as a pilot project worthy of consideration.
I don't know why we haven't done more with hydro electrical power, we certainly seem to have the geography for it in parts of the UK.
15-06-2016, 10:47 PM
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Re: Who now supports fraccking???
Originally Posted by spitfire
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Whatever, BP now have a convenient reason for slashing the workforce.
16-06-2016, 05:33 AM
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Re: Who now supports fraccking???
I'm no ratbag greeniebut shouldn't both sides of the argument be aired here just in case there is major long-term, irreparable environmental damage ?
(Man has made some tragic mistakes in the past).
This has become a major issue in Australia where vast cattle, sheep and agricultural areas rely very largely on underground water (aquifers).
These farmers and graziers claim that nearby Coal Seam Gas "fracking" is destroying their properties.
Some have closed down after generations on the land.
The process is very chemically intensive.
Some aquifers emerge to the surface here as ponds, billabongs or even small creeks - all previously pristine.
I have seen images from fracking areas where a lit object is thrown into one of these and the entire surface explodes into flames.
In 2012, the U.S. EPA stated that
"compounds associated with hydraulic fracturing have contaminated the aquifer at or below the depths used for domestic water supply in the Pavillion (Wyoming)area".....
A "gag order" on physicians treating patients possibly exposed to fracking chemicals .... forbids them to say what they learn, including to their patients."
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weathe...ealth/17444221
16-06-2016, 08:34 AM
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Re: Who now supports fraccking???
Originally Posted by Pumicestone
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I'm no ratbag greenie but shouldn't both sides of the argument be aired here just in case there is major long-term, irreparable environmental damage ?
(Man has made some tragic mistakes in the past).
This has become a major issue in Australia where vast cattle, sheep and agricultural areas rely very largely on underground water (aquifers).
These farmers and graziers claim that nearby Coal Seam Gas "fracking" is destroying their properties.
Some have closed down after generations on the land.
The process is very chemically intensive.
Some aquifers emerge to the surface here as ponds, billabongs or even small creeks - all previously pristine.
I have seen images from fracking areas where a lit object is thrown into one of these and the entire surface explodes into flames.
In 2012, the U.S. EPA stated that
"compounds associated with hydraulic fracturing have contaminated the aquifer at or below the depths used for domestic water supply in the Pavillion (Wyoming)area".....
A "gag order" on physicians treating patients possibly exposed to fracking chemicals .... forbids them to say what they learn, including to their patients."
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weathe...ealth/17444221
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