are you for or against ?

[cmonstanley]

its ok there was one important thing they missed out. there is a shortage of skilled workers so they are going to have to import workers and drills parts from outside the uk

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cmonstanley

its ok there was one important thing they missed out. there is a shortage of skilled workers so they are going to have to import workers and drills parts from outside the uk

Can you rewrite that in English please, its really handy when you can make some sense of what your saying, or on second thoughts don't bother, it will only turn out to be a total load of crap anyway

[cmonstanley]

conflict of interest, bung bung bung Revealed: Fracking industry bosses at heart of coalition - UK Politics - UK - The Independent this is the real reason the propaganda machine is in full swing. Americans protest fracking as Obama cheers for it ? RT USA the cancerous and earthquake bit is scary

[cashman]

As scary as Dog Stabbers?

[Barrie Yates]

A form of fracking has been going on in UK for 30 years or so - not too many earth tremors and no-one running their gas central heating from their water supply - not that I have heard of anyway.

[jaysay]

What's more scary is they still let you out of the asylum at weekends

[DAV007]

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[gpick24]

American film makers have a history of not using facts to make a fact based film. All they want is to get peoples attention and get them into the cinema to watch it. Only an idiot would use something they`ve seen in a film to make up their mind about something in real life.

[DAV007]

Only an idiot would not research the dangers and clear evidence of the deadly chemicals used in fracking and chose to ignore the facts.

[gpick24]

But you need to look at both sides of any arguement. Actually started watching that documentary, got about an hour in but had to stop it to nip out. Will watch the rest tomorrow night. But there are other sides to the story, documentaries made by the gas companies in reply to gasland (truthland) and another called Fracknation which was made highlighting the lies of gasland. haven`t seen either truthland or fracknation yet, may watch after i`ve finished gasland.

[DAV007]

One is made by a bloke with donations (dogwoof the film distributor is hardly flush with cash) the other is made with the support of a billion dollar industry with vested interest.

I haven't got a problem with vested interest, but the trustlands 'reply' film doesnt actually disprove anything gaslands says, it simply tries to muddy the water.

There has been no critique film of trustlands as that's not what the anti fracking movement is about, they have the evidence and facts, the problem they have is getting the information across.

Can you imagine if the town of Accrington was in the same position of hundreds out towns across America where the people have had fresh running tap water for years, they start fracking near by and now the government is delivering water to the population to drink and cook with because the tap water is no longer safe.

Until they can ensure fracking is relatively safe (the same way nuclear is relatively safe IMO) then it shouldn't be allowed to progress..
The technology and techniques are still developing, waiting a few years for further safeguards is a small price to pay than the public having to pay a far bigger fee to put right the potential mess current fracking company's are causing around the world.

[cmonstanley]

this is interesting Fracking - SourceWatch

[gpick24]

I just find the "factual" films like this too unreliable, they are just after making money, a bit like the michael moore stuff. I don`t mind watching them sometimes but take their "facts" with a pinch of salt. e.g. here`s a jar of water, go get it tested, but don`t actually show where the water came from, they just say it came from their well.
Good banjo music though.

[cmonstanley]

well the americans are blaming this on fracking BBC News - Huge sinkhole swallows tree in US state of Louisiana