[KRS_SN]

Good or bad or irrelevant
Is it necessary for the country
Will it benefit the common man

[MY340i]

find out tonight on f30 bimmerpost

[JustChris]

Not in wales apparently.

Generally probably not good

[agentorange]

Maybe fracking is the sign that easy oil is done and that the industrialized world will have to do unpopular stuff to keep the lights on.

[KRS_SN]

Originally Posted by agentorange

Maybe fracking is the sign that easy oil is done and that the industrialized world will have to do unpopular stuff to keep the lights on.

The us dollar is strong and afaik the US are on to frack and get gas which is green and this fuels their electricity need ie self sufficient in some ways.

[pmgreenwood]

Originally Posted by KRS_SN

The us dollar is strong and afaik the US are on to frack and get gas which is green and this fuels their electricity need ie self sufficient in some ways.

We are a far more densely populated country than the USA and where the US as the space to manage the issues caused, we do not.

[agentorange]

Originally Posted by pmgreenwood

We are a far more densely populated country than the USA and where the US as the space to manage the issues caused, we do not.

Very true. The lack of space has always been an issue for reservoirs. I recall the summer of 1976 and the cries for more reservoirs. The reply was, "Where?"

[Wills2]

Originally Posted by KRS_SN

Good or bad or irrelevant
Is it necessary for the country
Will it benefit the common man

Good if they need my house to do it and are willing to pay 4x market rate so they can knock it down to start fracking.

Bad if they do it down the road and house value plummets.

But it's actually irrelevant in terms of energy security and pricing, it's a just another red meat policy created by knaves for the consumption of fools.

[RobUK]

Trying to address the fossil fuels crisis by extracting more fossil fuels...

[moonshine]

In 2013, Prof Iain Stewart did a BBC Horizon show on Fracking.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2matij

It was viewed by both sides of the argument (pro and anti) as being favourable to the other position, which is probably a good indication it was pretty unbiased overall .

There is no doubt that fracking has changed the Geopolitical axis in regards to fossil fuel independence for the US now.

Two of the main difference between the US and UK issue the population density and the approach to mineral rights. Much of the US is significantly less populated, and in the US, the landowners own the mineral rights, therefore can lease their land and directly benefit by means of royalties from shale gas extraction. In the UK the Crown own the mineral rights and the landowner does not directly benefit from the extraction of shale gas from beneath ones property.

FWIW, from a domestic political angle, geologically speaking, England is much better endowed with potential shale gas resources than Scotland

[winther1]

Fracking ban just reinstated by Sunak. I guess he has other plans to address the energy crisis, so looking forward to the solution

[KRS_SN]

Originally Posted by winther1

Fracking ban just reinstated by Sunak. I guess he has other plans to address the energy crisis, so looking forward to the solution

Will have to continue the march of renewable and borrow more go with a begging bowl to biden for shale I guess.

[winther1]

Has anyone seen a detailed plan of the net zero route, in particular how much renewable energy we will need to implement to replace the energy from fossil fuels and how much that transition is going to cost?

[SimonBMW1]

Originally Posted by winther1

Fracking ban just reinstated by Sunak. I guess he has other plans to address the energy crisis, so looking forward to the solution

Buy from his russian friends he has.

[Techno 9000]

Originally Posted by winther1

Has anyone seen a detailed plan of the net zero route, in particular how much renewable energy we will need to implement to replace the energy from fossil fuels and how much that transition is going to cost?

Not seen a plan per se, but I did the maths on replacing all sales of petrol & Diesel with its equivalent of electric (assuming all vehicles were replaced with EV - as unlikely as that may be) and it meant that the UK would have to more than double its electricity generation to do so.
This is something that a chap from UK Power networks (the old CEGB?) said was all in a plan during an interview on TV a year or so back, but I'm not convinced. Where will the new power stations go and how long will they take to plan, design and build...we surely can't rely on solar and wind for such a large amount of our generation when it is temperamental in its output to the grid?