The Fracking Won't Work

[SueEllen]

Seems fracking won't work in the UK.

Our geology is crap meaning deposits are small, and we are too densely populated even in rural locations apparently.

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...ont-work-uk-founder-chris-cornelius-cuadrilla

Fracking in the UK will be impossible at any meaningful scale and will not help with the energy price crisis, the founder of the UK’s first fracking company has warned.

Chris Cornelius, the geologist who founded Cuadrilla Resources, which drilled the UK’s first modern hydraulic fracturing wells in Lancashire, told the Guardian that he believed the government’s support for it is merely a “political gesture”.

“I don’t think there is any chance of fracking in the UK in the near term.”

He said that when Cuadrilla had operated here, it had discovered that the geology of the UK was unsuited to widespread fracking operations. “No sensible investors” would take the risk of embarking on large projects here, he said. “It’s very challenging geology, compared with North America [where fracking is a major industry].”

 

[darmstadt]

Don't worry, they've got an expert in to sort that little problem out: https://www.lse.co.uk/news/uk-govt-...-fracking-sites-minister-5b2yr3ko804te96.html

 

[Andy2022]

Illustrates how little the Tories want to solve the energy crisis for the UK…

Their emphasis is on bringing on new supply that'll take years to start producing (North Sea oil / gas) or is unproven (fracking), or paying a huge bung to the energy industry in the form of the 'price cap'

Instead we would be spending that money creating more renewables, fixing some of the problems connecting the national grid, and driving up energy efficiency e.g. insulating buildings that would have a more immediate return and secure us for the longer term too