Malcolm Robinson Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Do we really want this here................no way! https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/hands-off-our-coastline?source=facebook-share-button&time=1423174601 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threegee Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 They admit that the rocks around the gasification chamber will fracture. This means they are fracking as well as gasifying. Err. no, it doesn't! I'd like to hear what a selection of experts say before signing that. One thing's for sure: if it means an economic boost then any government is going to approve it with suitable safeguards. The most pragmatic thing is to exact the highest possible price for the local economy, else we'll get the downside without any upside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threegee Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Interesting that Texans appear to have patented the gasification of coal in-place in the mid 1960's.http://www.google.com/patents/US3298434 Sad if we have to pay royalties for something our NE mining engineers would probably have come up with earlier. Was nationalisation responsible for the lack of innovation here Adam? Anyway, it's surely not fracking, and those who say it is are surely climbing of the a mindless anti-frack bandwagon. It's up to the proponents to make a reasoned case for it though; always assuming HMG regards us as intelligent enough to have some input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Patterson Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/fracking-likely-linked-to-4-4-magnitude-quake-in-fox-creek-1.2938900Not far from here, a different scenario but...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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