Brin56 Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 I have been reading up on Sheffield's 'green credentials' and wondered what it's dwellers thought about this 'new energy source' ...Induced hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracking. Although also commonly known as fracking, it is the technique used to release petroleum, natural gas (including shale gas, tight gas and coal seam gas), or other substances for extraction.The industry is still at an embryonic stage in the UK, with the first wells drilled last year near Blackpool, but is a huge part of the energy strategy in the US, where production levels have increased five-fold since 1990 and gas prices are around half UK levels. Commercial surveys estimate there are shale gas reserves of 200 trillion cubic feet under Lancashire alone, which proponents say could provide secure and cheap energy. Do you agree with this view? . I do not; The fracking boom is in serious danger of becoming a bust. Beyond the danger of groundwater contamination, past the risk of earthquakes and leaving out the obvious consequences of burning all this gas, we must also accept the limits of physical reality. Extracting gas faster doesn’t mean there’s any more in the ground than before – only that we’ll run through it much sooner. It’s time to accept that there are no giant oil or gas fields waiting for discovery or brilliant new ways of accessing them which will solve our growing energy woes. We’ve known for a decade now that this crunch was coming, it’s long-past time to start preparing for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ousetunes Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Which is why nuclear is the future. Only, we stand the chance of making a Fukushima of that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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