and that is what I was trying to convey (but appear to have failed to do so).
QuoteCommon in debates about energy/climate change are fallacies such as 'building scheme x will directly result in sea level rise' or 'not building scheme y will lead to sea-levels rising'.They may not be fallacies. My point was that sea level changes will affect people far more than wildlife. Therefore justifying habitat loss from power plants with that lost to sea level change is bollocks.
Common in debates about energy/climate change are fallacies such as 'building scheme x will directly result in sea level rise' or 'not building scheme y will lead to sea-levels rising'.
Shale gas isn't the problem in itself, it's how it's extracted and what's done during the 'time and energy window of opportunity' created by using it that are the important bits.
whatever the conservatives propose gets automatically vilified. Maybe that's justified in some cases but something like this is far more complex than just conservatives or labour. All parties would be pursing shale gas sooner or later.
but can we not just leave shale gas in the ground untill we really really need it?after seeing the documentaries "gasland" and "gasland 2", shale gas seems like the very last source of energy you'd want to pursue. i used to think nuclear energy was bad, but fracking seems to take the cake. ...
i used to think nuclear energy was bad, but fracking seems to take the cake.and apparently there are new nuclear reactors that are twice as expensive but shut down when they malfunction, instead of "melting down".
the consequences of developed nations going into declining total energy supply
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfill_gas_utilization? any thoughts
And one final point, i wish people would stop using this as party politics, is not a Tory issue or a Labour issue its one that really needs to be looked at politics free or we will never get an answer.
What he said, though I'd prefer us to go balls out for nuclear too. Shale gas is still a fossil fuel, and an inefficiently won one at that.
MPs ... conflicts of interest should automatically disqualify you from voting within the House of Commons/Lords.