Monday, October 08, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
How fracking can save England
This post by the Economist's current Baghot columnist shows what the stakes could be over the UK, and especially English, Shale oil & gas reserves.
In short we could be energy independent for a long time, and not dependent on the insane areas of the world where we currently have to send vast sums of cash which some of them then use trying to destroy our society.
The flies in the ointment are the left ( Greens etc ) and the EU. The greens love poverty and the evil of desperation and deprecation for their little selfish fantasies and are concerned that a good energy source might stop their left wing utopia being forced on a captive population. The EU will screw things up just by being itself and over regulating to please French peasants and Green Germans.
Yet another reason to leave the EU.
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Labels: energy security, EUSSR, Green fascism, High energy prices, Shale gas
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Drill for the economic recovery baby - drill !
At last the green light has been given for shale gas production using the hydraulic fracturing technique in the UK.
The initial estimates of reserves were massive, but use of this technique in these sorts of rock formations is still novel and we can't yet be sure of how much hydrocarbons can be recovered, or indeed the precise size of reserves. ( Uncertainty is a big part of the business of oil and gas exploration and production. )
In the US, which is ahead of us here, cheap shale gas is helping reduce energy prices and driving their economic recovery. The US has gone from a net gas importer to an exporter in a short period of time. This is in danger of being one of those black swan moments that will be get used as the prime example for Naseem Taleb's hypothesis for years to come.
Of course the Green's a spinning like their windmills ( except when its too windy, or not windy enough, or the grid doesn't want the power when its blowing etc etc ).
Their plan for mass poverty and high unemployment caused by energy poverty rationed by sky high energy prices is in ruins. Now having failed to impose socialist tyranny and misery at the ballot box their plan B of suing environmentalism looks in doubt. ( The our politicians do seem especially slow and dim witted in realising that the games up. )
They cling to any excuse they can - the flaming taps example ( which you could have achieved before the fracking happened by the way ) or a small Earth tremor in Blackpool. ( Notice how only the Shale Gas fracking is considered wrong not the geothermal power production under Newcastle ).
If were lucky all this may start to feed into cheaper power costs, more jobs and an economic recovery. Government should do everything it can to encourage it - and keep the anti-human green lunatics out of the way. Those who protest should be locked up - somewhere preferably without power, heat and just enough food - the sort of prison they want for the rest of us and our children.
So drill baby drill !
See also UK 'could become one of world's biggest shale gas producers'
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Labels: economic recovery, Green fascism, Green suicide, Shale gas
Monday, October 17, 2011
Signalling market failure
Apparently Energy companies are to be told to ... and here its get vague, but the public are meant to hear the words reduce prices.
What he's saying is the market isn't working - either through collaboration ( legal or not ) and/or due to a failure of competition.
When we all know one of the key factors in increasing electricity prices is the green costs government has bundled onto consumers. ( #RedEd is as guilty as the disgrace Huhne in this department. )
By calling the companies together Cameron gives weight to the argument that their is a conspiracy and that markets don't work.
Its a spectacular home goal born of a lack of self confidence and very very short term thinking. Plus perhaps desperation to hide the cruel costs that mindless green fascism is putting on top of the poorest in this country.
Its a depressing sight.
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Labels: Chris Huhne, David Cameron, Green fascism, High energy prices, Red Ed, weakness










