FRACKING in the UK
The Truth Behind the 'Dash for Gas'
A Documentary by Marco Jackson
In December 2012 David Cameron lifted the moratorium (temporary ban)
on the process known as Hydraulic Fracturing. A moratorium which had
been in place since June 2011, when it was acknowledged that two minor
earthquakes in the Blackpool area, had been triggered by Hydraulic
Fracturing in the vicinity.
The process of High Volume High Pressure
Hydraulic Fracturing is an integral part of the extraction process for
Unconventional Gas & Oil, found in Shale deposits and Coal Seams.
The UK reportedly has sufficient Unconventional Gas resources to provide
the Country with Energy Security for many decades into the future.
But at what price?
In the US, Canada & Australia, there is increasing evidence that High Volume High Pressure Hydraulic
Fracturing is causing contamination of Water, Soil & Air. This
coupled with the phenomenal water requirements of the Hydraulic
Fracturing process may prove to have even greater negative impact in the
UK than in Countries with considerably less population density.
This outstanding documentary looks at the players behind the UK
Government's 'Dash for Gas'; then draws upon two decades of FRACKING
experience in the Western USA and the impact upon farming communities in
Southern Queensland Australia, to consider whether this 'technology' is
appropriate to be unleashed beneath the people of the UK.
A MUST SEE for family, friends and neighbours.
