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Mike Ruppert
They
used to say about life under Stalin - “Prices fell and life became
merrier”
Fracking
ban would be big mistake warns Cameron
Prime
minister says ruling out fracking on environmental grounds would cost
Britain in jobs and cheaper energy bills
8
August, 2013
Britain
would be making a big mistake if it ruled out fracking for natural
gas on environmental grounds, David Cameron has said, adding that the
UK could be "missing out big time" on cheaper energy bills
and new jobs because of worries about the impact on the countryside.
Campaigners
have warned that the drilling could pollute drinking water and scar
the landscape. Gas companies in the US have had to compensate
residents where fracking practices have damaged the environment.
Hundreds
of protesters are gathering to disrupt work at a potential fracking
site in Sussex this summer.
But
addressing staff at Crown Paint, in Darwen, Lancashire, the prime
minister suggested that there was no question of there being dire
environmental consequences in the UK such as "earthquakes and
fire coming out of taps". The government would make sure the
industry was properly regulated and not allow any "unsafe"
practices.
He
said: "I think we would be making a big mistake as a nation if
we did not think hard about how to encourage fracking and cheaper
prices right here in the UK.
"If
you look at what's happening in America with the advent of shale gas
and fracking, their energy costs in business and their gas prices are
half the level of ours.
"Nothing
is going to happen in this country unless its environmentally safe.
There is no question of having earthquakes and fire coming out of
taps and all the rest of it. There will be very clear environmental
procedures and certificates you will have to get before you can
frack."
He
promised communities could get £1m compensation "immediately"
for allowing fracking in their area, before his advisers later
clarified that he actually meant £100,000.
Under
coalition plans, communities will get the lump sum and then a 1%
share of revenue if drilling in a particular area succeeds. This
could run into millions of pounds.
Cameron
said households in the US had seen their energy bills come down "very
quickly" because of the process and Britain could stand to gain
from the same lower gas prices.
"In
the whole of the EU year 100 shale gas wells were dug," he said.
"At the same time in the US there were 10,000."
He
added: "The EU has about three-quarters as much shale gas as the
US, so we are missing out big time at the moment and I want to make
sure that Britain does not miss out."
Companies
are preparing to start fracking at several sites in Britain, despite
a growing protest movement. The technique involves pumping liquids
underground at high pressure to split rock and extract gas or oil.
A
ban on fracking was lifted by the government last year, after it
decided tremors caused by drilling near Blackpool did not mean the
technique posed a significant risk of earthquakes.
The
decision to allow the process has paved the way for the extraction of
trillions of cubic feet of shale gas exploiting 60% of the
countryside, according to some reports.
However,
ministers have admitted that local opposition, especially in the Tory
heartlands of the south-east, could limit the amount extracted
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