Fracking



It's a toughy. Seems common sense but have heard some stories of it popping off mini earthquakes :)
From my link above:

4. Induced seismicity

Great public concern over shale gas fracking was triggered in 2011 by two seismic tremors, or minor earthquakes (largest reaching ∼2.3 ML; the local magnitude on the Richter scale), caused by exploratory drilling at the Cuadrilla Resources site at Preese Hall near Blackpool. Consequently, a moratorium was temporarily placed on shale gas exploration in the UK. Subsequent studies by DECC [27], aided by independent experts, together with a review of the scientific and engineering evidence on shale gas extraction undertaken by the Royal Society (RS) and the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) [28], found that suitable controls were available to mitigate the risks of undesirable seismic activity. It was argued that the most likely cause of the Preese Hall tremors was ‘induced seismicity’; caused by the injection of fracking fluid into and along faults that had already been under stress. The fault then shifts, leading to perceived surface tremors. DECC subsequently announced the introduction of a set of requirements for new controls, permissions and risk assessments on fracking operations in 2012, including oversight by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), at Preese Hall and all future shale gas exploration wells. They included a ‘traffic light’ seismic monitoring system, as advocated in the RS/RAEng study [28] and subsequently suggested by DECC: Green = 0.0 ML; Amber 0.0 ⩽ ML ⩽ 0.5; and Red > 0.5 ML[29]. Nevertheless, earth scientists (see, for example, Davies et al. [30]) viewed the RS/RAEng fault diagnosis as incomplete, and proposed the additional use of borehole imaging before injection. Recently Westaway and Younger [31] suggested that the existing regulatory limits applicable to quarry blasting could be readily applied to cover such induced seismicity. They argued that future fracking activities in the UK is only likely to cause “minor damage”, and that seismic monitoring could be used to ‘police’ compliance with the regulatory framework. The commercially-sponsored UK Task Force on Shale Gas (TFSG) in their second report [32] argued that the DECC ‘traffic light’ limits as possibly being “unfeasibly low”. However, they recommended that independent baseline monitoring should be carried out as early as possible, following the identification of a site to assess seismic risk going forward and also to increase public confidence.

Induced seismic activity has also been linked to the re-injection of large quantities of waste fluid post-fracking, rather than just in the initial hydraulic fracturing process itself [33], which has led to earthquakes of over 5 ML on the Richter scale in the US. A recent study has linked such induced seismicity to disposal wells up to 35 km way [34], much further than previously considered. This practice is unlikely to be carried out in the UK reducing the risk of induced seismicity compared to the USA [29]. It is understood [31] that the reconstituted Environment Agency (EA) in England would not grant a permit for this method of wastewater disposal under its current interpretation of the European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive. However, the Task Force on Shale Gas, again in their second report [32], suggested that there “may be situations and circumstances – where the geology is suitable – where deep injection is sensible, cost effective and popular preferred means of waste disposal”. That assertion must be read with an understanding of the commercial interests of the sponsors of the TFSG. In any event, adequate alternative wastewater management systems would need to put in place to safely dispose or reuse of the resultant wastewater [35] away from the fracking site itself.
 
Apart from the Wear, Tyne Tees conurbations there's fuck all around from Leeds up to the central belt of Scotland. It is quite desolate.

Apart from all the farms and farmland, the picturesque villages, the often spectacular countryside and wildlife of the Pennines, the Yorkshire and Durham Dales, not forgetting the Cheviots and the Scottish borders or the forests and the fantastic coastline.

Comparitively sparsely populated perhaps, but desolate, never.
 
could not give 2 fucks either way what pisses me off is the jobless scruffy tramps who go and protest against these things i bet half the fuckers dont even know what they are protesting against

Hmmm fracking

A) they always look like they need a wash

B) they defiantly need to get a proper f***ing job

C) guaranteed to be vegan

Why did the Vegan cross the road .......... to tell someone he/she was a Vegan !
 
Apart from all the farms and farmland, the picturesque villages, the often spectacular countryside and wildlife of the Pennines, the Yorkshire and Durham Dales, not forgetting the Cheviots and the Scottish borders or the forests and the fantastic coastline.

Comparitively sparsely populated perhaps, but desolate, never.

Just googled the word desolate and the dictionary definition it throws up reads:

desolate
adjective
ˈdɛs(ə)lət/
  1. 1.
    (of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness.
    "a desolate Pennine moor"
:lol:
 
Apart from all the farms and farmland, the picturesque villages, the often spectacular countryside and wildlife of the Pennines, the Yorkshire and Durham Dales, not forgetting the Cheviots and the Scottish borders or the forests and the fantastic coastline.

Comparitively sparsely populated perhaps, but desolate, never.
Using the definition of desolate that implies bleak emptiness
Just googled the word desolate and the dictionary definition it throws up reads:

desolate
adjective
ˈdɛs(ə)lət/
  1. 1.
    (of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness.
    "a desolate Pennine moor"
:lol:
Exactly mate. I'm not dissing our beautiful countryside but much of it is pretty bleak and empty. Gideon's father in law is a prick but his choice of words isn't wrong.
 
Using the definition of desolate that implies bleak emptiness

Exactly mate. I'm not dissing our beautiful countryside but much of it is pretty bleak and empty. Gideon's father in law is a prick but his choice of words isn't wrong.

Which is exactly how it needs to stay, not being raped by greedy shit house energy companies.
 

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