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If fracking has been happening since 1947 what is there to worry about?

  • Hydraulic fracturing is a technology
  • Can by used in many different ways
  • Used since 1947 to create small cracks
  • To speed flow in conventional wells
  • Now being used on vast scale for shale
  • 1000 times size of conventional fracs
  • Cracks extend hundreds of feet from well
  • Huge amounts of water, chemicals and sand
  • Energy of small nuclear bomb used
  • Symptomatic of wider issues
  • Massive intensification of extraction

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Frack Off to Camp Frack

Fracking is coming What is Fracking Why we need to fight Fracking Frack Off – direct action network Lancashire: The front line Camp Frack – 17/18th Sept, Lancashire Transport to the camp Workshops in the Frack Off space Fracking is coming Fracking is coming to the British Isles but if we act now we CAN […]

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