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If they discovered that land outside of Stafford was suitable fracking would you be opposed?
Personally I like the idea of it happening in the home counties !
Whole areas of the north of England that are still at least two decades on decimated by unemployment and deprivation following the closure of traditional industries stand a real chance to be economically re-born and become a huge economic power house to re-balance the power of the south-east.
Will the money really stay in the 'desolate North-East'?
There were job opportunities in the South Wales coalfields - the permanent legacy has been less than ideal.
'Wealthiest town is Scotland' is a fairly niche competition..
Is there anywhere that offers an impartial view into the possible environmental impact of fracking? I feel, at the moment, that I don't really have enough independent information to form a view of whether I am fore or against it.
I should imagine that if you ask the average "Aberdeenian" today whether the oil industry has been good or bad for their town then most would say good - they might not have been so keen back in the 1970's when off shore oil exploration was very much in its infancy.
Indeed, but I wonder what people would say if it was an on-shore oil industry.
Opposed - the environmental impacts and risks are too great.If they discovered that land outside of Stafford was suitable fracking would you be opposed?
Personally I like the idea of it happening in the home counties !
What exactly is fracking? I rarely watch/read the news so that is why I ask.
What exactly is fracking? I rarely watch/read the news so that is why I ask.
Opposed - the environmental impacts and risks are too great.
It is a sticking plaster for a flawed energy policy. Renewables can and should contribute far more. There is a lot more that can be done in terms of deriving gas from waste. The government continually prioritise cheap energy when the real problem is that as a nation we are hideously energy inefficient. The focus needs to be on reducing consumption in the first place.
Wow, HC opposed - I didn't see that coming.