Dover Rural...Texas East Kent UK.?
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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17 December 2013 14:59255710and so he should.dave and gidion have enough dosh to feed millions. - 7 January 2014 09:11257167When....if....the people of Kent fully comprehend that Kent`s Water Supply will be lost,
perpetuity, if drilling takes place through our Aquifer it will be a major election issue.
Politicians lack of knowledge produces ill-conceived policies.
EG.....recent correspondence ......
I have had ongoing correspondence with UKIP's Roger Helmer, to whom Nigel Farage referred me, so I assume he's their Energy Spokesperson or the closest they have to one. His last communication said this:
Dear Patricia,
Thank you for writing, but I think you're just wrong. For example fracking in the UK, far from using "highly toxic chemicals". uses primarily water and sand, plus a handful of surfactants and other common chemicals that you would find around the house in toiletries and detergents.
In the US, where fracking is well developed with ten thousand wells drilled, the water usage is less than that used to water golf courses. Let's keep a sense of proportion here. I don't know where your statistics come from, but the truth is that the incidence of water contamination from fracking is close to zero. It is one of the cleanest and safest energy extraction technologies we know of.
In spreading this false and damaging propaganda you are doing a huge disservice to our country, our economy, and the prospects of future generations. This country desperately needs secure and affordable energy. Please don't stand in the way of it.
Best regards.
ROGER HELMER MEP
www.rogerhelmer.com
I have written back to him and told him the truth about the golf course water usage and his other misapprehensions as related in Refracktion's excellent Myth Busting section. Not unsurprisingly, I haven't heard back from him since.
Best
Pat
Hi Julie,
I hope you get further with UKIP than I did! I wrote to Nigel Farage re his party's stance on fracking and possible adverse effect on the aquifer (especially since Folkestone is now in his neck of the woods) and what did he say? Nothing! Not even a reply. If he does that to all people who write to him he doesn't deserve to stand any chance in an election.
Best wishes
Tony - Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
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7 January 2014 17:02257204well
misguided or not???ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 7 January 2014 17:15257211Colleagues have sent me many emails about the above some unprintable.(libel wise )
just a few .....The UK Industrial Pollution party!``.....``UKIP the new four letter word `` - 7 January 2014 17:44257214not sure how folkestone comes into it, as far as i know there have been no applications to drill around there.
- 7 January 2014 18:01257221Do keep up Howard Farage`s name is linked with Folkestone and Sandwich for 2015 election.
- Keith Sansum1
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7 January 2014 18:02257223and thanet regALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 7 January 2014 18:10257226i can only refer back to post 365 and ask what relevance there is.
- Keith Sansum1
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7 January 2014 18:15257230of course how mr farrage gets on in the seat he stands will be of interest
and how he conducts himself up to 2015ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 7 January 2014 18:17257233# 368 ......somewhat obtuse.......
- 7 January 2014 18:44257251just to simplify things this is from post 362.
I hope you get further with UKIP than I did! I wrote to Nigel Farage re his party's stance on fracking and possible adverse effect on the aquifer (especially since Folkestone is now in his neck of the woods) and what did he say? Nothing! Not even a reply. If he does that to all people who write to him he doesn't deserve to stand any chance in an election.
Best wishes
Tony - 7 January 2014 18:47257252Penny is taking a long time Howard..............
- 9 January 2014 10:05257379Now the divide and conquer tactic.
People living in fracking areas set to get more compensation
Ministers ready to increase sums paid to affected communities in effort to pacify local opposition
People living close to where shale gas is extracted stand to get more compensation as the Government tries to quell local resistance to "fracking".
Large parts of Britain are thought to contain huge reservoirs of shale, and the proposed move follows growing interest in fracking among energy firms.
The use of pressurised water and chemicals to pump out deeply buried gas has been condemned by environmental campaigners as a dirty, dangerous technique that contributes to climate change.
Fracking has been banned in France and Germany and faces widespread opposition within the European Union. But Conservative ministers see the technology as a way of securing Britain's energy independence.
At the moment communities are offered £100,000 for each well at which exploratory drilling takes places, plus 1 per cent of the eventual profits from that well. Under this formula, communities could receive between £5m and £10m over a 25-year period.
Full report Independent. - 9 January 2014 10:42257382..........and another....
Councils to get more of the profits if they back fracking
Ben Wallace, MP for Wyre and Preston North, wants more community benefit
Communities that host successful fracking sites will be given a bigger slice of the proceeds under a plan being considered by the Government.
Ministers are understood to be willing to revisit the "community benefits" on offer after pressure from backbench Tories. The present proposals would allocate to local groups 1 per cent of the revenues from fracking, a method of extracting shale gas, which has been enthusiastically backed by David Cameron and George Osborne, the Chancellor.
Full report The Times - 9 January 2014 13:47257391Fracking leads to climate change? Good grief next they'll be telling us it'll lead to sex change in humans......oh! wait.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/geoffreylean/100251462/sex-change-chemicals-linked-to-fracking/
Reg could you copy and paste some proof that fracking leads to global warming please? - 9 January 2014 14:17257393i have never seen fracking linked to global warming before, interesting to see the new monetary offers being made - 5 million quid spread out over 25 years is clearly derisory and probably a testing of the water(no pun intended).
- 9 January 2014 14:40257395found this piece from friends of the earth.
http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate/issues/fracking_background_information_33157.html - 9 January 2014 15:47257398Fiends of the Earth, Howard. Unreconstructed hippies who want to overthrow capitalism Maaaan.
- Keith Sansum1
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9 January 2014 17:00257402philip
we could all just roll over and let the big wigs destroy everythingALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 9 January 2014 17:19257411That last post was intercepted by the boffins at Bletchley park and in time will be decrypted and disseminated.