Monthly Archives: May 2012
Government Admits Fracking Will Not Solve Energy Crisis (But Will Push Ahead Anyway)
- Government admits no vast shale gas reserves
- May not even be economic to extract
- No plans to stop fracking however
- Even limited exploitation will require hundreds of wells
- CBM and UCG are a much larger threat
- Present system is unsustainable
Press Release: `Lord Smith` demonstrates his contempt for the environment
The announcement by Chris Smith, chairman of the Environment Agency, that he supports the use of fracking for shale gas in the UK is a further demonstration the gulf between the concerns of ordinary people and the profit driven motivations of government and industry. Frack Off activist Nathan Roberts said “Lord Smith’s endorsement of commercial-scale […]
Carbon capture and storage: Having your cake and burning it
- CCS is idea for sweeping carbon emissions under the rug
- Driven by psychological need for an easy solutions
- No evidence that it is actually practical
- Would require massive and complex system
- Combines multiple unproven processes
- CO2 unlikely to stay underground for long enough
- Could not stop global warming even if it worked
- Number of pilot projects recently cancelled
PRESS RELEASE: Residents Say No To Burning Coal Under Swansea Bay
Residents from Swansea teamed up with activist group Frack Off this morning to protest against Underground Coal Gasification outside an industry conference in central London [1]. Swansea Bay has been chosen by extraction company Clean Coal Ltd as a test site for Underground Coal Gasification (UCG)[2], the controversial method of gasifying un-minable coal by […]