I don't know if any of you saw the news about the demonstration in Chesterfield yesterday at a civil engineering company that practice shale gas extraction or ''Fraking'' as it is commonly known. This company is next door to our factory and when I walked to work yesterday morning I was quite surprised to see several people handcuffed to the drilling companies gates and several police cars!
Anyway, I realised that they were demonstrating about this company contracting to a firm called Caudrilla who specialize in shale gas extraction. I know a little about Fraking but I was intrigued to find out more, so at lunch I asked one of the demo lot about the process. Apart from possible earth tremors and subsidence mg: the biggest worry is that the (very) toxic chemicals used in the process will eventually end up in the Aquifers, and waterways! I am astonished to hear that this so called government of ours actually think that this process is OK and have given Caudrilla (who by the way are American!) the green light to go-ahead!
Yet another threat to our waterways (and planet)
Anyway, I realised that they were demonstrating about this company contracting to a firm called Caudrilla who specialize in shale gas extraction. I know a little about Fraking but I was intrigued to find out more, so at lunch I asked one of the demo lot about the process. Apart from possible earth tremors and subsidence mg: the biggest worry is that the (very) toxic chemicals used in the process will eventually end up in the Aquifers, and waterways! I am astonished to hear that this so called government of ours actually think that this process is OK and have given Caudrilla (who by the way are American!) the green light to go-ahead!
Yet another threat to our waterways (and planet)