Fracking for Shale Gas -- Extreme Energy in the UK
Lecture from SchAdvStudy London University
(author of numerous books including 'Energy
Beyond Oil')
The Government in Westminster is pressing ahead with
support for a new set of "unconventional" fossil fuel
technologies in an attempt to boost the UK economy. These
technologies -- shale gas (also known as "fracking"), coalbed
methane and underground coal gasification -- have a
problematic safety record, and are known to risk serious
environmental contamination as a result of their operation. In
this lecture we'll examine the technical details of these
"extreme" energy technologies, what ecological risks they
present, and the flaws in the reasoning behind the UK
Government's support for these technologies.
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