Friday, September 28, 2012

UK shale gas is more lead balloon than silver bullet

Guardian: With the UK government expected to give the go-ahead for shale gas exploitation "soon", it's a good time to re-enter the smoke and mirrors world of fracking. There are plenty of people bubbling with excitement at the prospect of the drilling beginning. They argue that shale gas has been the biggest cause of carbon dioxide emission cuts in the US recently, thanks to the replacement of coal. It's cheap too, they say, again pointing again to the US, and there's a vast amount under our feet here in...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2012/sep/28/shale-gas-fracking-uk-carbon-energy
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Environment/Pix/columnists/2012/4/17/1334672731980/Fracking-for-shale-gas-in-007.jpg

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