---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote :
Are you kidding? It fucks everything up! There are a gazillion sites covering both the pros and cons, but from what I have read wherever they have fracked, the water winds up getting polluted with all the chemicals they use to frack with - the energy companies always use 2 excuses one of which is to NEVER release publicly the entire list of chemicals used in fracking, that way they don't have to admit it came from them, and then they say "You don't know that these chemicals weren't there to start with before we ever came along." But I thought Scotland and Wales had banned the practice? hmm, not sure if they are allowed to ban things. I'm basically against it but can't see what else they can do as we weren't interested in alternative energy sources. No one likes wind farms and our so-called "greenest government ever" has removed the subsidy for them so the market will collapse. If we want to keep the lights on it's going to be fracking or nothing. The trouble with the UK is it's much smaller and more densely populated than the USA which is why I asked if anyone had had any personal experience. If it's bad for people there, any problems will be compounded here. The chemicals they use are a worry but our government says they won't be allowed to do pump shit into the ground without telling us what it is. This I do not believe as the new TTIP agreement will allow foreign companies to sue us if we damage their business practises. I'll put good money on them getting away with it too. I'm a natural energy believer. We live on an island with predictable and strong tides every day and no one has invested in wave power. It's insane. From: salyavin808 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 9:11 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] To Frack or not to Frack? So, it looks like the UK government is going ahead with plans to allow the deep underground gas fracturing process to go ahead almost everywhere in these shores. What I'm wondering is, have any of you been affected by it in America? Did it make your water undrinkable? More Earthquakes/explosions? Have you run out of drinking water or had trouble with endless giant lorries filling the country roads? Basically, has it been a good thing or not, what's the feeling? Fracking will be allowed under national parks, UK decides http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/12/fracking-will-be-allowed-under-national-parks http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/12/fracking-will-be-allowed-under-national-parks Fracking will be allowed under national parks, UK decide... http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/12/fracking-will-be-allowed-under-national-parks Final amendments to infrastructure bill unpick earlier protections, meaning companies just outside parks will be able to drill horizontally below them View on www.theguardian.com http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/12/fracking-will-be-allowed-under-national-parks Preview by Yahoo
