Give us a fracking break!
Discussion
Mr Whippy said:
I'm amazed it's taken so long for someone to do that 
Three words.
Fast neutron reactor.
Why the enthusiasm for fast reactors? Various fast reactor programmes have soaked up billions and produced very little except a lot of radioactive NaK and a lot of knowledge about how not to build a fast reactor. That money could have produced useful results in thermal spectrum reactor research and given a practical alternative to PWRs and their endemic inefficiencies.Three words.
Fast neutron reactor.
hidetheelephants said:
Mr Whippy said:
I'm amazed it's taken so long for someone to do that
Three words.
Fast neutron reactor.
Why the enthusiasm for fast reactors? Various fast reactor programmes have soaked up billions and produced very little except a lot of radioactive NaK and a lot of knowledge about how not to build a fast reactor. That money could have produced useful results in thermal spectrum reactor research and given a practical alternative to PWRs and their endemic inefficiencies.Three words.
Fast neutron reactor.
Maybe I shouldn't have isolated one method of fission, but the spirit of the point is the same.
I'm 100% against fracking unless the wealth that is generated from it goes towards a brighter energy future for the UK.
Dave
Du1point8 said:
Strange that if I put my central london postcode in there Im in for bad news as they will be fracking very close to my post code.
Its also awful that they will be doing it next to 10 downing street according to that site.
Put our works address in and we are safeIts also awful that they will be doing it next to 10 downing street according to that site.
No oil and gas development near aberdeen
Hello. Oil Biz person here.
No need for post codes. If you want a rough idea, here's where the Shale is in the UK.
If you live in the Red bit, you're over it but you obviously wouldn't drill right in the middle of Oxford and start Fracking there.
Better make a start soon because once the sanctions start with Russia over the Crimea, we could start getting a bit short of gas
No need for post codes. If you want a rough idea, here's where the Shale is in the UK.
If you live in the Red bit, you're over it but you obviously wouldn't drill right in the middle of Oxford and start Fracking there.
Better make a start soon because once the sanctions start with Russia over the Crimea, we could start getting a bit short of gas
Blib said:
Hello oil person. 
What's the conservative estimate for accessible shale gas? I've seen numbers for the Blackpool deposits. But, not for those down south.
How long is a piece of string? Until they do test bores and flow tests it's a complete guess, as the nature of the shale is different to the stuff they've got in the states.What's the conservative estimate for accessible shale gas? I've seen numbers for the Blackpool deposits. But, not for those down south.
hidetheelephants said:
Blib said:
Hello oil person.
What's the conservative estimate for accessible shale gas? I've seen numbers for the Blackpool deposits. But, not for those down south.
How long is a piece of string? Until they do test bores and flow tests it's a complete guess, as the nature of the shale is different to the stuff they've got in the states.What's the conservative estimate for accessible shale gas? I've seen numbers for the Blackpool deposits. But, not for those down south.
At current gas usage in the UK, that's about 50 years worth of self sufficiency.
There will be oil recoverable from that too.
Blib said:
Fifty years of self sufficiency. That offers the government the biggest no-brainer so far his century. It's a pity that the Green "tail" is wagging the political dog at the moment. 
Yep - at least 50 years of cheap, self-sufficient energy. Plenty of breathing space to develop new and better forms of energy in the meantime.But of course, that won't happen.
Gogoplata said:
What a f
king tool; free energy? Thank you, you drug-addled twonk; via the medium of this ridiculous BBC article you've introduced me to a font I hate more than Comic Sans. What the fk is that st? Chalkboard? Kristen? Whatever it is, it makes my teeth itch.hidetheelephants said:
Gogoplata said:
What a fking tool; free energy? Thank you, you drug-addled twonk; via the medium of this ridiculous BBC article you've introduced me to a font I hate more than Comic Sans. What the fk is that st? Chalkboard? Kristen? Whatever it is, it makes my teeth itch.
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