[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

Will you feel the same when you're freezing to death in the future.

Fracking won't help

https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/e...ergy-security/

Prof Jon Gluyas, Director of the Durham Energy Institute, Durham University, said:

“Can fracking for shale gas alleviate the UK’s energy supply crisis? No!
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The resource is indeed huge but the reserve – that which can be won by drilling and fracking is tiny and indeed to date the proven commercial reserve for the UK is zero. We have, to put it bluntly the wrong kind of shale.

Prof Andrew Aplin, from the Department of Earth Sciences at Durham University, said:

“Risks associated with fracking in the UK are manageable within a strict regulatory framework. But shale gas would only make a significant dent to UK imports if, over the next few years, thousands of successful wells are drilled at hundreds of sites across northern England. This isn’t realistic so shale cannot make a material difference to our energy supply over the next few years – even with public approval for fracking.