I couldn't believe what I was hearing when they were debating this on the radio. The 'expert' was claiming that as there hadn't been any earthquakes in the last 7 years in was clearly safe to resume fracking. So you started fracking and there were earthquakes, stopped and there was no more earthquakes, start again and the earthquakes are back but insist the two aren't related.It was stopped originally because earthquakes were detected then allowed to restart because the earthquakes had stopped.
There, edited for you.Not to mention it pollutes the water table too. We need to go fully renewable as soon as possible before we irreversibly frack the planet.
Agree no more cluesI couldn't believe what I was hearing when they were debating this on the radio. The 'expert' was claiming that as there hadn't been any earthquakes in the last 7 years in was clearly safe to resume fracking. So you started fracking and there were earthquakes, stopped and there was no more earthquakes, start again and the earthquakes are back but insist the two aren't related.
I work for a construction company that was brought out by an energy company where the focus is around renewable energy. It’s great to visit these sites where there are wind farms, hydro plans etc although the irony is that it all drops into the same electric pool with coal, nuclear etc but at least you feel like you are doing your bitJust days after fracking was restarted minor earthquakes have been detected near the site. It was stopped originally because earthquakes were detected then allowed to restart because the earthquakes had stopped. So there is clear evidence that when fracking occurs the area has minor tremors and when they don't frack the tremors don't occur. Yet despite this undoubtedly the support for this in parliament will continue while truly sustainable sources like solar, wind and tidal will have funding removed because they're 'not as efficient' and thus prevent them from doing research to improve.
We have a reliance on other nations for energy, be it oil or gas from places like Saudi Arabia and Russia which means we can't/won't call them out on some truly shocking behaviour and human rights abuses, and instead of investing in clean energy decide it's far better to get China to build a nuclear plant - where could that possibly go wrong.......
I do despair at times - there's so many things that could be done with simple policy changes which won't happen because those in charge prefer the large amounts of money coming to them from fossil fuels and the only way that'll change is if the renewable sector give them more
Not to mention it pollutes the water table too. We need to go fully renewable as soon as possible before we irreversibly fuck the planet.
I personally think microgeneration is the future.
Started againDrilling stopped again today after 17th earthquake in 9 days since work resumed.
Fracking halted again in Lancashire after 17th earthquake in 9 days | Metro News
The British Geological Survey record all earthquakes in the UK, the vast majority aren't actually felt on the surface but are still recorded. The data for the last 100 days is on their website.
In the last 100 days before the fracking started in Blackpool there had been 47 earthquakes (0.53 per day) with none in Blackpool.
Since 18th October, when the fracking started, there has been 26 earthquakes (2.89 per day), 23 of them in Blackpool.
That's a 138% increase. Unbelievable that they're allowed to continue.
When there's big money at stake, they really don't give a fuck about the environment. If it's not safe to extract, then it must only come out as a very last resort. I wonder how many backhanders have been handed out for this to continue.
The British Geological Survey record all earthquakes in the UK, the vast majority aren't actually felt on the surface but are still recorded. The data for the last 100 days is on their website.
In the last 100 days before the fracking started in Blackpool there had been 47 earthquakes (0.53 per day) with none in Blackpool.
Since 18th October, when the fracking started, there has been 26 earthquakes (2.89 per day), 23 of them in Blackpool.
That's a 138% increase. Unbelievable that they're allowed to continue.
Does anybody actually think it's a good idea or is it just those with a chance to make a quick buck and fuck off?
The only positives are that it's using our own resources instead of e.g Russian / Norwegian gas and therefore will make it cheaper (arguably) and it creates job.
The massive environmental impact far outweighs those positives but all the massive energy companies and the government see is billions of pounds underground and they want it no matter the cost.
We have a reliance on other nations for energy, be it oil or gas from places like Saudi Arabia and Russia which means we can't/won't call them out on some truly shocking behaviour and human rights abuses
I don't think you're reading what I wrote correctly. I'm scathing of ALL the finite resources, especially nuclear. Just because I made the point on our reliance on other fuels from abroad doesn't mean I like them - I don't and I look forward to the day when we don't use them at all, whether from home or abroad. But I also know that we as a country aren't quite ready for full transition and sadly will need to carry on using fossil fuels etc for a little while yet so in the meantime we might as well use the ones the infrastructure already exists for.I don't see why this country is putting money into a relatively new destructive practice at the expense of investment into renewable, other than people greasing their palms.
I spend a paragraph talking about renewable and then another post further down on it too.
This thread is more about frustration than a practice that has been shown to have numerous negative effects on a wide range of issues before we got it still got given the go-ahead. At least with things like oil and gas the environmental cost weren't particular well-known. Nuclear is a different matter as a number of issues with it were well known but the nuclear PR dept did a great job of pimping it to the average joe.
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