Interesting R4 programme about shale gas today, mainly highlighting the opposition to its exploration.
Pros:
- Exploiting remaining natural resources in a time of fossil fuel shortages
- Creating new jobs
- Relatively sightly (after their initial installation)
- Boosting the economy
- Building industry (excellent for recession fighting)
- Cutting down on imports
Cons:
- Losing focus on/funding for renewable energy
- Potential contamination from water and the installation process
- Losing agrarian land, and possibly the trust of the buyers of its produce (owing to fear of contamination/inability to maintain organic status)
- Jobs created being mostly for the highly skilled
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