10-19-2022, 01:45 PM | #1 |
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Is it necessary for the country Will it benefit the common man |
10-19-2022, 05:28 PM | #5 |
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The us dollar is strong and afaik the US are on to frack and get gas which is green and this fuels their electricity need ie self sufficient in some ways.
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10-19-2022, 05:56 PM | #6 |
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We are a far more densely populated country than the USA and where the US as the space to manage the issues caused, we do not.
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10-19-2022, 06:37 PM | #7 |
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Very true. The lack of space has always been an issue for reservoirs. I recall the summer of 1976 and the cries for more reservoirs. The reply was, "Where?"
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Bad if they do it down the road and house value plummets. But it's actually irrelevant in terms of energy security and pricing, it's a just another red meat policy created by knaves for the consumption of fools.
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10-24-2022, 09:26 PM | #10 |
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In 2013, Prof Iain Stewart did a BBC Horizon show on Fracking.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2matij It was viewed by both sides of the argument (pro and anti) as being favourable to the other position, which is probably a good indication it was pretty unbiased overall . There is no doubt that fracking has changed the Geopolitical axis in regards to fossil fuel independence for the US now. Two of the main difference between the US and UK issue the population density and the approach to mineral rights. Much of the US is significantly less populated, and in the US, the landowners own the mineral rights, therefore can lease their land and directly benefit by means of royalties from shale gas extraction. In the UK the Crown own the mineral rights and the landowner does not directly benefit from the extraction of shale gas from beneath ones property. FWIW, from a domestic political angle, geologically speaking, England is much better endowed with potential shale gas resources than Scotland |
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Fracking ban just reinstated by Sunak. I guess he has other plans to address the energy crisis, so looking forward to the solution
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Has anyone seen a detailed plan of the net zero route, in particular how much renewable energy we will need to implement to replace the energy from fossil fuels and how much that transition is going to cost?
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This is something that a chap from UK Power networks (the old CEGB?) said was all in a plan during an interview on TV a year or so back, but I'm not convinced. Where will the new power stations go and how long will they take to plan, design and build...we surely can't rely on solar and wind for such a large amount of our generation when it is temperamental in its output to the grid? |
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