Give us a fracking break!

[Art0ir]

MartG said:

A major issue with tidal barrages is silting. There is one currently being considered for the mouth of the River Wyre at Fleetwood, but if you look at how much the river has silted up since dredging of the ferry terminal was halted, even without a barrage further blocking the flow, then it is pretty clear a barrage would be silted up fairly quickly unless extensive ( expensive ) dredging is carried out regularly.

Large RoRo ferries used to dock here, and still floated even at low tide !




Now they'd be left high and dry at low tide, assuming they could get in at all !

My dad was a merchant navy captain. I got to go for weekends on ferries as a kid and I remember being on the bridge when they were docking this huge ferry at Fleetwood. They were calling out clearances intermittently. I remember it got down to 0.5m in some parts and couldn't imagine how you would navigate something that size in such shallow water.

[hidetheelephants]

At fking last; apparently they've got permission to frack in Yorkshire.

High Court rules site in Kirby Misperton may be fracked; FoE and others weeping into herbal tea.

Edited by hidetheelephants on Tuesday 20th December 20:07

[Jimbeaux]

hidetheelephants said:

At fking last; apparently they've got permission to frack in Yorkshire.

About fracking time people got with the fracking program. You could expand working opportunities to single women with children, call it Motherfackers.
In all sincerity, I think this will benefit you lot. Mind you, anything found amiss, from a strange smell to rock chips on cars, to teens behaving badly will be blamed on fracking.

Edited by Jimbeaux on Tuesday 20th December 19:42

[hidetheelephants]

Jimbeaux said:

hidetheelephants said:

At fking last; apparently they've got permission to frack in Yorkshire.

About fracking time people got with the fracking program. You could expand working opportunities to single women with children, call it Motherfackers.
In all sincerity, I think this will benefit you lot. Mind you, anything found amiss, from a strange smell to rock chips on cars, to teens behaving badly will be blamed on fracking.

Edited by Jimbeaux on Tuesday 20th December 19:42

I think Yorkshire already has pain-in-the-arse teenagers so the greens are st out of luck on that front.

[whoami]

Jimbeaux said:

hidetheelephants said:

At fking last; apparently they've got permission to frack in Yorkshire.

About fracking time people got with the fracking program. You could expand working opportunities to single women with children, call it Motherfackers.
In all sincerity, I think this will benefit you lot. Mind you, anything found amiss, from a strange smell to rock chips on cars, to teens behaving badly will be blamed on fracking.

Edited by Jimbeaux on Tuesday 20th December 19:42

Or Brexit.

[Jimbeaux]

hidetheelephants said:

Jimbeaux said:

hidetheelephants said:

At fking last; apparently they've got permission to frack in Yorkshire.

About fracking time people got with the fracking program. You could expand working opportunities to single women with children, call it Motherfackers.
In all sincerity, I think this will benefit you lot. Mind you, anything found amiss, from a strange smell to rock chips on cars, to teens behaving badly will be blamed on fracking.

Edited by Jimbeaux on Tuesday 20th December 19:42

I think Yorkshire already has pain-in-the-arse teenagers so the greens are st out of luck on that front.

That's good cover then? Do they already have strange smells, or just strange to outsiders?

[Jimbeaux]

whoami said:

Jimbeaux said:

hidetheelephants said:

At fking last; apparently they've got permission to frack in Yorkshire.

About fracking time people got with the fracking program. You could expand working opportunities to single women with children, call it Motherfackers.
In all sincerity, I think this will benefit you lot. Mind you, anything found amiss, from a strange smell to rock chips on cars, to teens behaving badly will be blamed on fracking.

Edited by Jimbeaux on Tuesday 20th December 19:42

Or Brexit.

Good point.

[powerstroke]

durbster said:

MartG said:

When your 'fuel' is free but you still need massive subsidies to break even, there is something seriously wrong with the concept of renewables

But that's missing the point. The push for renewables isn't for profit, it's because we are trying to find an alternative to farming crops .

EFA ... Its a shower of st and more of a quasi religion and dogma than fact based otherwise we would be
rebuilding our nuclear industry and not wasting it on a substandard technolgy that was replaced 100s of years ago ....

[zygalski]

I wonder how many PH land owners have offerred their land up for potential fracking exploration?
Money where your mouth is & all that...

[Jimbeaux]

For all of those "lighting their water afire claims".....We have that here in Louisiana. It is true, one can light the water is some small villages. That phenomenon got nationwide attention after fracking came along; the only catch, local history shows one could always light the local water, before fracking. You see, natural gas, which is almost as abundant as air itself here, has always been present in some water. It has never been tested for since it is not a dangerous containment as far as drinking water goes. it escapes as soon as it passes out of a hose or facet. Just don't smoke while you bathe.

[powerstroke]

zygalski said:

I wonder how many PH land owners have offerred their land up for potential fracking exploration?
Money where your mouth is & all that...

Well we nearly landed a phone mast but in the end it was sited further away and on some industrial land , But yes if I was approched they would be very welcome to Frack and the cash would be nice too ...

[BlackLabel]

bbc said:

Friends of the Earth (FOE) must not repeat misleading claims it made in an anti-fracking leaflet, the advertising watchdog has said.
The fundraising flyer claimed fracking chemicals could pollute drinking water and cause cancer and implied the process increases rates of asthma.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-38499811

[jshell]

zygalski said:

I wonder how many PH land owners have offerred their land up for potential fracking exploration?
Money where your mouth is & all that...

Actually knowing about fracking, bring it on. Only the truly retarded will fight it as they still haven't grasped the process or what it actually means.

[hidetheelephants]

BlackLabel said:

bbc said:

Friends of the Earth (FOE) must not repeat misleading claims it made in an anti-fracking leaflet, the advertising watchdog has said.
The fundraising flyer claimed fracking chemicals could pollute drinking water and cause cancer and implied the process increases rates of asthma.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-38499811

fkwits.

[mybrainhurts]

hidetheelephants said:

BlackLabel said:

bbc said:

Friends of the Earth (FOE) must not repeat misleading claims it made in an anti-fracking leaflet, the advertising watchdog has said.
The fundraising flyer claimed fracking chemicals could pollute drinking water and cause cancer and implied the process increases rates of asthma.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-38499811

fkwits.

Have to say, I was stunned this morning when BBC Radio 4 (John Humphrys?) had a real go at some fecktard from Fiends of the Earth, leaving him stumbling and bumbling his way to try to justify the Leaflet of Lies.

Anyone heard if JH has been sacked yet?

[hidetheelephants]

mybrainhurts said:

Have to say, I was stunned this morning when BBC Radio 4 (John Humphrys?) had a real go at some fecktard from Fiends of the Earth, leaving him stumbling and bumbling his way to try to justify the Leaflet of Lies.

Anyone heard if JH has been sacked yet?

JH is retiring soon so is probably no longer under the thumb, if he ever was.

[Oakey]

IT's all kicking off;

http://news.sky.com/video/cops-stop-our-fracking-p...

[johnfm]

Heh - good to see protesters getting sorted out.

[Oakey]

johnfm said:

Heh - good to see protesters getting sorted out.

I like how these stheels are always harping on about capitalism and those dirty profits yet there they are in the video, tapping away on Apple Macbooks.

[HD Adam]

I take it that Scooby parked up outside the camp is an EV and the macbooks are powered by windmills?

Regarding the "arm tube", it appears to be made of plastic.

Coud they not use Bamboo or something?