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How to make an earthquake
I have already written about the risk of pollution and the global warming effect of exploiting shale gas. Many dismiss these concerns, but there is scientific evidence that supports the dangers of...
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The Vale of Glamorgan Says No to Fracking
The Vale of Glamorgan is a green and pleasant part of South Wales. It is one of the more prosperous parts and the market town of Cowbridge is a friendly place where you bump into friends when you shop...
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Update on Fracking
I have been expressing fears that fracking – the extraction of methane from shale gas by pumping water and chemicals into the shale- will lead to two major problems. The first is the contamination of...
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A Short Guide to the Legal Position of Fracking
Extracting natural gas from shale – fracking – is an investment opportunity, an opportunity for a nation that has shale gas deposits to be more energy independent, and could bring environmental...
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Update on Energy
Readers of these pages will know that for years I have been arguing that the United Kingdom’s energy policy is little more than a collection of words and ideas, rather than a real policy. It has tended...
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a budget that will harm the environment and those who need to live in it
George Osborne made his annual budget statement in the House of Commons yesterday on the equinox. Days will get longer from now on but following the budget i doubt if they will get brighter. These are...
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Keeping the Gas On
As I write these words, on the second day of Spring after a long hard cold and wet winter in London, it is now snowing and the snow is settling on the roof tops and on the cars. Spring snow is rare,...
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Shale Gas: is it worth it?
George Osborne is the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom. This grand title (the British love grand titles) translates into the Finance Minister in most nations. Mr Osborne is not...
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The Process of Lobbying for Fracking
The present discussions about fracking for shale gas shows the processes which occur when private enterprises undertakes tasks that are supposed to benefit the common weal. The same processes occurred...
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Fracking: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet!
Across the world governments across the world are looking to get energy as cheaply as possible. Their electorates demand it and their industries require it. Of course, there is always a trade-off...
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When it comes to the environment humanity has always implemented imperfect...
David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has said that fracking will boost the United Kingdom’s economy. He thinks that the gas discovered will prove a cheap form of energy which will...
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House of Lords: help yourself to the Pottage
In what is still for the moment the United Kingdom the unelected House of Lords has pronounced (through one of its committees served by the great and the good) that shale gas will bring substantial...
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Who Should You Believe about Shale Gas
You cannot believe two different statements when each purport to be the absolute truth and those statements contradict each other. That means you have to chose. I offer some choices. The Amount of...
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Oil Production and Oil Demand
In the second quarter of this year, oil production exceeded demand by 3 million barrels a day. It seems that Saudi Arabia is choosing to defend its market share rather than reduce production and...
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Oil Production and Oil Demand
In the second quarter of this year, oil production exceeded demand by 3 million barrels a day. It seems that Saudi Arabia is choosing to defend its market share rather than reduce production and...
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