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over a year ago
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the westminister goverment r giving out licences for companys to frack in scotland they r being allowed to drill on or under your house and u dont have a say about it,would like to here ppls thoughts on it. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"the westminister goverment r giving out licences for companys to frack in scotland they r being allowed to drill on or under your house and u dont have a say about it,would like to here ppls thoughts on it."
should have read on your land lol not ur house |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It would seem that this is perfectly legal, any mineral rights that come with the land do not cover oil and gas, the rights to those are reserved to the crown. |
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before anyone extols the virtues of this form of extraction i suggest they watch the documentary gasland 1 & 2. the illnesses & enviromental damaged done by fracking is horrific .  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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George Osborne stated that "fracking has the potential to keep energy bills low for millions of people" when the economic reality is that fracking depends on high energy prices in order to generate profits. Either Osborne is completely clueless about the industry he is giving this enormous tax break to, or he is straight out lying about it
David Howell
Perhaps the best place to start is with George Osborne's own family. His father-in-law, the Conservative peer Lord Howell is a lobbyist for the fossil fuel industry. He combines his role as president of the British Institute of Energy Economics (sponsored by Shell and BP amongst others) with the role of energy minister at the Foreign Office. He is notoriously skeptical of renewable energy sources and the sponsors of his institute stand to gain dramatically from the lucrative tax break being handed to them by his son-in-law.
As well as the BIEE lobbying interest that has been widely reported in the press, Howell is also the chairman of another energy lobbying group. In the Parliamentary register of members interests he is listed as chairman of Windsor Energy Group. On the Windsor Energy Linkedin profile (registration necessary) they boast about "building bridges between the public and the private sectors" and brag about their lack of openness and transparency - "discussions are kept non-attributable to allow full and frank exchanges of views". The financial backers of Howell's energy lobbying group listed on their webpage include the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Chinese government, various petrochemical companies including British Gas, British Petroleum, Shell, Marathon Oil, Kuwait Petroleum, Petrofac, PDVSA, and even NATO!
It is absolutely clear that many of the clients of Howell's lobbying groups stand to benefit enormously from his son-in-law's actions. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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The simple answer to Fracking is no thanks...it will be like Nuclear weapon...get it as far away from Westminster as possible that way they can't hear the protests.
On green energy, Scotland product around 10% oh the UK's overall energy with wind alone. Read more on how this is managed you will be horrified.
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By (user no longer on site)
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Disaster waiting to happen....shale is unstable enough as it is...by expanding the gaps in between the layers and within each layer just to get at minute pockets of gas isn't going to end well. Added to that the risk of polluted groundwaters...Makes me laugh to be honest as everyone moans at windfarms just because of the aesthetics yet are happy to have a potential earthquake under their feet.... |
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