Fracking banned immediately in Scotland
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It will be interesting to see their justification for banning it. Presumably it’s because of public opinion and a move towards renewables and away from oil and gas rather than more local environmental “issues”.
If it’s the latter be ready for an appeal in 3, 2, 1.
If it’s the latter be ready for an appeal in 3, 2, 1.
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Good move, hopefully England will follow suit!
boo/yay
i very much doubt this was done for any scientific reason, and it was simply the voice of the people and the not in my backyard mentality.
yay because well, sooner we move to renewables and sustainable, locally produced(also a boo on that point) energy the better.
i very much doubt this was done for any scientific reason, and it was simply the voice of the people and the not in my backyard mentality.
yay because well, sooner we move to renewables and sustainable, locally produced(also a boo on that point) energy the better.
Yet they have no issue with drilling lots of holes offshore in the North Sea.
Always makes me chuckle. Good old enhanced recovery!
Correct me if I'm wrong but there is a big difference from mining shale gas 50 years ago to this fracking process used now.
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Yayyy! now in times of high demand we won't have the option to exploit our domestic resources using a well understood & highly regulated process, & instead can just import more from abroad!
I'm not talking mining shale gas. The offshore oil and gas industry has been using fracking techniques for years. Out of sight out of mind.
The Scottish government commissioned scientific research years ago which returned with a "it's safe as long as properly regulated" at which point the Scottish government announced a monetorium on onshore drilling and in effect parked the final decision until now.
They're quite happy for the offshore oil industry to exist which is substantially more polluting than natural gas so they can't really pin too much stock in the CO2 emissions reason.
Most injection wells are thermally fractured from the temperature contrast of the reservoir rock with the colder injection water, or hydraulically fractured from the pressurised injection into some of the softer sands.
I hear what you are saying but it is exactly that, out of sight out of mind. people are more concerned with the chemicals used and what is being put into the environment than what is being pumped miles out to sea. I wouldn't fancy a fracking site on my door step personally nor would I like to see areas of the green belt used for them. its bad enough watching fields being sold off round about my area for housing schemes to be built. followed by a motorway system to support it.
For drilling, you just need mud which normally comprises of bentonite clays, naturally occurring minerals. Fracking uses water under pressure again naturally occurring. You wiill get trace hydrocarbon from the machinery and potentially from the ground as it is returned. The water is recycled and reused but may be a source of localised pollution unless suitably disposed of.
As has been stated, wells have been sunk through fracking for decades. It is the shale gas recovery that is relatively novel in this instance. As for seismic activity, a deep offshore well could have onshore effects also.
Can someone explain in stupid exactly what fracking is? My (very limited due to limited arsed) understanding is it's basically shaking / breaking the ground so that gas comes closer to the surface where it's harvested. Give or take?