Fracking Blackpool

latest comments to the subject as in the papers today :-

Will Blackpool become the new gas frontier? - Telegraph

Also an interesting quote from the comments section :-

Lastly, there is no “k” in hydraulic fracturing – people who use 'frack' {as against 'frac'** are recent discoverers of this 60 year old process, know little about it {apart from the polemic Gasland** & are knee-jerk opposers of it **& probably of any fossil fuel use**.

:)
 
The July edition of 'Lancashire magazine' carried a story about the search for gas being undertaken a few fields away from where I live, in Singleton, near Pouilton le Fylde .....
'One of the company's founders is geologist Peter Tuirner, who was born in Oswaldtwistle. He had a glittering career as an academic before the foundation of Cuadrilla (the company) in 2007'
Do we know owt about 'im? His mother was a weaver and he worked briefly in the same mill. His photo is in the magazine.
'Cuadrilla' is a Spanish word referring to the supporters of a matador in the bull ring.
 
Bob Dobson said:
The July edition of 'Lancashire magazine' carried a story about the search for gas being undertaken a few fields away from where I live, in Singleton, near Pouilton le Fylde .....
'One of the company's founders is geologist Peter Tuirner, who was born in Oswaldtwistle. He had a glittering career as an academic before the foundation of Cuadrilla (the company) in 2007'
Do we know owt about 'im? His mother was a weaver and he worked briefly in the same mill. His photo is in the magazine.
'Cuadrilla' is a Spanish word referring to the supporters of a matador in the bull ring.
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You mistyped his name but since I'm psychic;) - see 'vice president Turner'
Cuadrilla
 
PS I think that the pollution possibilities need evaluating. The potential pollution of groundwater could affect horticulture industry there.
 
I don't know enough about it, but some years ago there was a new road proposed, running from the M55 at Kirkham to Fleetwood and passing through Singleton. A local councillor raised an objection 'because of the Singleton fault'. We laughed about it, but it turns out there is such a fault. To what extent it has affected or been affected by fracking I know not. Certainly there is enormous potential for non-imported gas supplies in the seams known as Bowland Shale. Our local councillors are keeping an eye on the company's activities, which are far more welcome than the illegal Travellers' camp close by.
 
MargaretR said:
Bob - for info about Singleton drilling -
Shale Gas

scroll down to
Experiences in the Fylde
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I note from the Green's submission to parliament that their first cross reference is to this entity in the USA:

www.delawareriverwatcher.org

Unfortunately, neither this organisation nor its website exists. The group they intended to reference is this one:

http://www.delawareriverkeeper.org

If these fools in the Green Party cannot even get this simple fact right, then I doubt if there is anything else right. Perhaps they and the bunch of crackpots who follow them should concern themselves with the real desecration of the environment, namely the totally unnecessary, obscenely expensive and grossly obtrusive wind turbines which are ruining our landscape.
 
MargaretR said:
Bob - look back one post - you may have missed it whilst posting
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I had read it and thought it interesting, though written from the perspective of one who is already fixed against the work and in favour of windfarms, which I have severe doubts about. Tidal power is what we need to be seeing more of. I think the exploratory work should still go on until such time as it is proven to be a bad thing - we haven't reached that yet, and the benefits are certainly there.
 
What puzzles me about this fracking, & causing earth tremors thro subsidence when they are driling down 1000's of feet, what about all the 100's of miles of disused tunnels, created by coal mining, we never hear of them being blamed for causing earth tremors.
There are earth tremors happening all the time.
Who's pulling who's chain.
Retlaw.
 
Gobbiner17 said:
Don't know if you already have seen this but Pendle Hill is also in danger of being wrecked.
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Write to Prince Charles and protest! ;) He was talking on TV at a meeting (I forget the name now) and talking about change - he was babbling on about if every body rolls their sleeves up and complains about things to do with environmental destruction then we can save the planet! :D Oh yeh he was talking about green farming and keeping food production local, organic and healthy!
 
I attended a meeting recently set up by the fracking company explaining what the orange cables were doing alongside lots of roads in the Fylde - they are attached to sensors which record sudden 'explosions'. The boss man was there, a Mr ? Turner, who is an Ossie lad. His sister still lives there. I liked him. No edge on him.His firm is caled Cuadrilla.
 
Retlaw said:
What puzzles me about this fracking, & causing earth tremors thro subsidence when they are driling down 1000's of feet, what about all the 100's of miles of disused tunnels, created by coal mining, we never hear of them being blamed for causing earth tremors.
There are earth tremors happening all the time.
Who's pulling who's chain.
Retlaw.
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Here is a link that suggests all the doom and gloom about fracking isn't true Matt Ridley: Let?s Shatter These Five Myths About Fracking | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)
 
The author of that article - Matt Ridley is a zooologist who writes on 'science matters' for a tory newspaper, and was a chairman of Northern Rock. (I wouldn't buy a 2nd hand car from him:D)

I have read his blog here
Matt Ridley | DeSmogBlog

In this blog entry
Cheap energy and the North-east of England - Matt Ridley
he states
"Maybe I am biased, as somebody who still makes money from coal as my ancestors did."

He clearly has a vested interest in the extraction of gas from coal seams.
 
MargaretR said:
The author of that article - Matt Ridley is a zooologist who writes on 'science matters' for a tory newspaper, and was a chairman of Northern Rock. (I wouldn't buy a 2nd hand car from him:D)

I have read his blog here
Matt Ridley | DeSmogBlog

In this blog entry
Cheap energy and the North-east of England*-*Matt Ridley
he states
"Maybe I am biased, as somebody who still makes money from coal as my ancestors did."

He clearly has a vested interest in the extraction of gas from coal seams.
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Everyone is biased one way or another
 
MargaretR said:
The author of that article - Matt Ridley is a zooologist who writes on 'science matters' for a tory newspaper, and was a chairman of Northern Rock. (I wouldn't buy a 2nd hand car from him:D)

I have read his blog here
Matt Ridley | DeSmogBlog

In this blog entry
Cheap energy and the North-east of England*-*Matt Ridley
he states
"Maybe I am biased, as somebody who still makes money from coal as my ancestors did."

He clearly has a vested interest in the extraction of gas from coal seams.
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Can't see out wrong with that, its better than waiting around every week for your dole check to fall on the mat;)
 
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