Anti Fracking protestors block Sussex drilling operation

[woodburner]

Another letter to MPs then.

[biffvernon]

Here's a nice letter to a local MP: http://www.frackfreefernhurst.com/news/ ... for-humans

Dear Mr Tyrie

WATER IN THE SOUTH EAST

I am sure you would accept that water is vital for all forms of life, including human life.

We have just received a leaflet/letter from South East Water, the first paragraph of which reads:

"The South East of England is classified by the Environment Agency as being seriously short of water and facing further shortages with a growing population and limited water resources."

The leaflet goes on to deal with the installation of meters to try and achieve a 10per cent reduction in water use.

How does your government square this potential shortage with its extreme rush to back the untried (in this country) use of hydraulic fracturing/fracking, an oil/gas extraction process which uses millions of gallons of water?

Your fellow MP, the Energy Minister, Michael Fallon is reported as telling the Evening Standard yesterday:

"Shale gas is everywhere ……… and the South could become the second biggest area of shale in the country."

So how will the needs of the humans in the South East for water to live be set off against the demand by the oil companies for water to frack?

Yours sincerely,

Caroline Randall

Now I've often pointed out that water is actually in quite plentiful supply and the water-cycle cleans it up every time round. However, using 5 million gallons per frack after deliberately polluting it it with a seriously nasty cocktail and leaving much of it underground, whether in Sussex or in the north-eastern (western) wastelands, does rather seem to be pushing our luck.

[biffvernon]

National Trust is against fracking and for the right reasons. http://ntpressoffice.wordpress.com/2013 ... -fracking/ … Well Done NT.

We have a presumption against fracking on National Trust land because natural gas is a fossil gas. The mining process also gives rise to potential environmental and landscape impacts.

Fossil gas is a finite resource that can only be mined and not harvested – it is not renewable. Its combustion produces greenhouse gases which we believe contribute to climate change. Climate change has a significant adverse impact on our core purpose of looking after special places, for ever for everyone.