Saturday, 15 December 2012

Fracking is in the news again


It has long been a lament of British governments that North Sea oil is running out, and with it energy independence and revenue. So the discovery of potentially vast reserves of shale gas in England must have struck the Chancellor as something of a miracle. The extent of shale gas is thought to be 17 times the remaining known reserves in the North Sea. With the latest advances in the technology, the coalition’s decision to lift the ban on fracking to exploit shale gas is understandable.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/leaders/article3630851.ece

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