Aibu to share how to put a legal block on fracking under your home

[JazzAnnNonMouse]

wrongmove.org

It allows you to see if there's likely to be fracking under your house in the future and to put a legal block on it happening.

We have moved this thread to our petitions topic now.

Sorry I didn't realise it was a petition , nor that it was green peace.

I think they've done it based on what 'could' be fracked not what is the most likely to be fracked.

I do still agree with the principle though and putting your name down against it can only be a good thing.

Fracking is such bad news. Especially when there are renewable ways that just aren't being funded.
(Partly because certain mps don't have a financial vested interest in them..)

Talking of certain MPs...

I know little about fracking, but was under the impression it is done deep enough underground that there would be no effect on the surface, so it seems perfectly plausible that it could be done under Buckingham Palace, or wherever, as long as there was a few square meters within a mile or so for them to do the vertical drilling. (I'm not sure how far sideways they can go.)

If you zoom right out on the map on the wrongmove site you'll see that most of the country is marked as under consideration, except for parts of devon, Cornwall, Wales, and a band just northeast of London which I presume is unsuitable due to being former fenland - so it's not surprising that most people are coming up as "at risk"

For me, I'm much less bothered about it happening under my house (which is generally unlikely to be affected, and this house withstood bombs exploding nearby during WW2 so can probably cope with whatever minor surface effects as may happen) as I am about it happening near water sources (seewww.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130726121612.htm) - whatever precautions are put in place, sooner or later a major water source is going to get contaminated and that's not something that can be un-done, so there will be areas of the UK where you just can't drink the tap water any more. I guess we'll survive - there are entire countries where you can't safely drink the tap water - but we've got used to being able to rely on our water and that is coming to an end now.

It's outrageous that WATER supply could become contaminated and dangerous to drink.

Water is surely a human right as it's a necessity to live.
Not according to nestle and apparently not according to our government.
A substance that we require to LIVE will be a privileged item.

Its not just the potential contamination but that areas such as the SE are already under such a huge water stress (apart from the moment when we are all drowning!) It takes a huge amount of water to frack.

Does anyone know why 'wind doesn't work'

We've got ample bloody wind in the uk.

Its the variability of it Laurie. For instance when we need most energy (when it is very cold) the wind tends to be absent for long periods (big high pressures). We dont have effective ways to store it.

Its why we need a real mix of energy sources - wind, tidal, solar, ground source heat pumps and anything else I've missed.

I personally think that one of the ways out of the recessions would have been to really invest in green technologies - become world leaders in it.

Fracking doesnt address climate change. In fact it sticks fingers up at it.

Thank you

HANG ON!

That website might be right.
BBC link

Should have said scroll down to map at the bottom.

As I said, the map is related to the geology of the UK. The highlighted areas are where shale gas/oil may be found.

I don't understand why we aren't going for hydroelectricy. Clean cheap energy. Surely there are more valleys that could be used?

Von is correct that homeownership has nothing to do with mineral rights. In all but a very very few cases. I think the Duke of Devonshire owns the mineral rights to Derbyshire, granted by the Crown in 1660-something.

Fracking may be worrying but mining under your house can be OK, my uncle has his house redecorate every few years courtesy of whatever the coal board is called these days.

Ruddy kindle, that should be redecorated.

on climate change, fracking reduces co2 emissions as we move away from coal - the opposite is happening in europe here

Why not invest in renewables though?

But all fossil fuels add to the emissions burden and that is why we need to be moving away from them. Fracking also seems to have the unfortunate issue of releasing methane in large quantities, a significantly more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. This seems to have been underestimated until recently in the US.

Frackety- Frack. It's going to go ahead now whether we like it or not. David Cameron and his team are going all out to make it happen whether you want it or not. Coming to a site near you....

but do sign the petition..

Chair of Cuadrilla explaining that he will drill under homes once he has a legal right to do so. Watch the link below to hear it from the horses mouth.

therealnews.com/t2/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/77539/best-of-the-web/caught-on-camera-fracking-boss-confesses-drilling-plans