Shale gas fracking in Mid-Sussex: report on Radio 4 today in 1pm news programme.

[Nottseagull]

No doubt this will be of interest to those in Balcombe amongst other places.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_four

 

[Dr NBC]

Balcombe and environs is quite nice. Sure would be a shame if this changed the area for the worse.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

Bad news....... I want to move back to Sussex but will keep well clear of this activity

 

[beorhthelm]

good. there's been too little exploration and extraction of valuable resources under Sussex, i recall theres large deposits of oil and gas down there. if they keep things clean, which they can do if required, get on with it.

 

[MuppetMaestro]

Well this is great news isn't it . Why can't we move on from gas? One or two more nuclear power plants, increased funding for renewable energy sources, in combination with building houses the "right" way would mean heating homes through electricity would be a much more sustainable and mostly cheaper option anyway. These gas sources would only last for another 100 years anyway.

 

[Dr NBC]

Ever since Windscale, people here are extremely wary of nuclear energy. It's become the new "N-word" for some.

 

[Nottseagull]

This is now on the iPlayer. Very little technical or geographical info, just interviews with residents and Quadrilla. BBC Radio 4 - The World This Weekend, 12/05/2013

One or two more nuclear power plants......would be a much more sustainable and mostly cheaper option anyway.

The costs of nuclear are being presented as artificially low because they are not taking into account the huge decommissioning costs.

 

[Husty]

Ever since Windscale, people here are extremely wary of nuclear energy. It's become the new "N-word" for some.

Have they got a better alternative in the short-medium term as fossil fuels continue to run out at alarming rates? Perhaps a giant windfarm across the downs would be preferable?

 

[Nottseagull]

Perhaps a giant windfarm across the downs would be preferable?

Let's hope that that giant football ground hasn't set a precedent

 

[ALBION28]

Bad news....... I want to move back to Sussex but will keep well clear of this activity

Also planning a return and agree it is a concern.

 

[beorhthelm]

Well this is great news isn't it . Why can't we move on from gas? One or two more nuclear power plants, increased funding for renewable energy sources,

well we could and should move on, trouble is nuclear and renewable require massive subsidies and we the public baulk at paying the increased bill.

The costs of nuclear are being presented as artificially low because they are not taking into account the huge decommissioning costs.

ah, but also those costs are artificially high because of the instance that decommissioning happens in a certain way. it has been suggested the best thing, since you would reuse a site anyway it just switch off and encase the whole thing in concreate, waiting for future advances to be developed that can do a "clean" job more efficiently. meanwhile the cost savings can go towards developing Thorium and other better nuclear methods which dont have the same long term flaws.