portlock seagull
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Yes, it's all a conspiracy dear. Just like in 1986 when it all came to NOTHING!
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Fracking in Sussex? Fracking Firm Test Drilling in Balcombe
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portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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As an aside, I remember me and a couple of mates finding a stash of torn out page 3 stunners mid 80s in the woods around lower stumble where they're drilling. We never did find out whose they were but finders keepers as they say! There's more in those woods than just oil and gas!!
Hatterlovesbrighton
something clever
You can get gas and oil from fracking i believe.
LargeHadronZugzwang
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No. More a space cadet also trying not to eat junk at the restaurant.
To clarify; it is true that oil and gas can be retrieved, however it needs explosions and toxic chemicals to force it out, not apple juice.
dougdeep
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Nobody is fracking. As I said before they are putting in a test well to see what is down there. They are hoping to find oil.
Gazwag
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You really haven't a clue about how to police this sort of thing have you
Sergei's Celebration
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OK what i read is about Gas but i stand corrected. Ta muchly.
dougdeep
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The last protester I heard interviewed said in an american accent " This fracking site is only 2 fields away from the Ardin Lee reservoir" Sums it up really.
beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
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yep. aside from the non-local, is the lack of knowledge. the reservior is about a mile away and collects surface water out of the Ouse, so not about to be contaiminated by a 2 mile deep drill.
jakarta
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I think you will find that some wells are typically over 3 miles deep (e.g. a photo from one of my work projects on the North Sea Tartan Platform) still let's not facts get in the way of a good story eh?
Canute is spelled ****,
And the cover up starts to unravel .....
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1061..._Sussex_from_fracking_was_known_by_officials/
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1061..._Sussex_from_fracking_was_known_by_officials/
martyn20
Unwell but still smiling
fracking in sussex....
And the company confirmed yesterday the site was not really suitable for oil extraction which is all they have been testing so far, no fracking
And the company confirmed yesterday the site was not really suitable for oil extraction which is all they have been testing so far, no fracking
martyn20
Unwell but still smiling
I happen to have a little bit of insight into government policy due to my current job role, and there is no doubt that Fracking is going to occur all over the country.
DECC (Department of Energy and Climate Change) are wholesale behind supporting and pushing through fracking projects, and I have heard from people who work within DECC that "there is no way that Fracking will not be happening in the UK within the next 10 years".
All I hope is that the government at least puts a lot more restrictions on what can go into the fracking liquid, the disposal of the old fracking liquid and making sure that water sources are protected compared to what they have done in the USA.
Anybody who genuinely believes that you can pump super high pressure water (with added chemicals and sand) deep underground, fracture rock and the successfully extract gas and all of the fracking liquid with absolutely no environmental impact is a lunatic. If Fracking is going to happen, we just need to hope and pray that it is done as cleanly as possible. There will be some environmental disasters, this is inevitable. There will also be Fracking wells popping up all over our countryside, often in AONBs and National Parks, and I guess we just need to get used to that too.
We need energy. Gas = energy. Until the gas and oil properly runs out nobody is going to truly care about renewables.
If any of you care enough individually to want to do something, a simple thing is to buy your energy from a provider who only sources it in renewable ways. Good Energy are a green energy provider for example. You will pay more for it, but at least you are not individually contributing to the current unsustainable model.
DECC (Department of Energy and Climate Change) are wholesale behind supporting and pushing through fracking projects, and I have heard from people who work within DECC that "there is no way that Fracking will not be happening in the UK within the next 10 years".
All I hope is that the government at least puts a lot more restrictions on what can go into the fracking liquid, the disposal of the old fracking liquid and making sure that water sources are protected compared to what they have done in the USA.
Anybody who genuinely believes that you can pump super high pressure water (with added chemicals and sand) deep underground, fracture rock and the successfully extract gas and all of the fracking liquid with absolutely no environmental impact is a lunatic. If Fracking is going to happen, we just need to hope and pray that it is done as cleanly as possible. There will be some environmental disasters, this is inevitable. There will also be Fracking wells popping up all over our countryside, often in AONBs and National Parks, and I guess we just need to get used to that too.
We need energy. Gas = energy. Until the gas and oil properly runs out nobody is going to truly care about renewables.
If any of you care enough individually to want to do something, a simple thing is to buy your energy from a provider who only sources it in renewable ways. Good Energy are a green energy provider for example. You will pay more for it, but at least you are not individually contributing to the current unsustainable model.
Albumen
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The Environment agency:“The Environment Agency would not allow hydraulic fracking to take place in an area where there are aquifers used to supply drinking water.
“If there were sensitive ground waters present in an area where a company wanted to carry out hydraulic fracturing, we would object during the company’s planning application and refuse to grant an environmental permit.”
Cameron yesterday: “There is no reason why fracking should cause contamination of water supplies or other environmental damage if properly regulated.”
Who do you trust? A regulated body trusted to look after the environment, or someone who's in it for the money? Ummm.
Judging by his previous post I think I'll trust 00snook !