Comments on: The Character of the Worldwide Anti-Fracking Movement https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/08/27/the-character-of-the-worldwide-anti-fracking-movement/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: S. Thomas Bond https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/08/27/the-character-of-the-worldwide-anti-fracking-movement/#comment-35897 S. Thomas Bond Fri, 30 Aug 2013 02:03:33 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=9195#comment-35897 There is a picture of Argentine police "cracking down" on protestors in Neuquen, Patagonia at: http://rt.com/in-vision/argentina-fracking-protest-police-brutality/ As usual, it is the POLICE indulging in violence, not the protestors. There is a picture of Argentine police “cracking down” on protestors in Neuquen, Patagonia at:

http://rt.com/in-vision/argentina-fracking-protest-police-brutality/

As usual, it is the POLICE indulging in violence, not the protestors.

]]> By: Salmon Beatty https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/08/27/the-character-of-the-worldwide-anti-fracking-movement/#comment-35833 Salmon Beatty Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:04:06 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=9195#comment-35833 THE DARKER SHADES OF SHALE . .. ... So, can we stop talking about shale and move on to more serious topics? Have I sufficiently made the case that shale is a source of waste and nonsense, not of energy? Probably not, right? And it seems so simple, all these people should take one good hard long look at shale in Poland, and they'd understand. “We have a supply of natural gas that can last America nearly 100 years, and my administration will take every possible action to safely develop this energy.” President Barack Obama It won't even last 10 years. Far too little recoverable carbon has been bought with far too much borrowed money. http://theautomaticearth.com/Energy/the-darker-shades-of-shale.html THE DARKER SHADES OF SHALE . .. …

So, can we stop talking about shale and move on to more serious topics? Have I sufficiently made the case that shale is a source of waste and nonsense, not of energy? Probably not, right? And it seems so simple, all these people should take one good hard long look at shale in Poland, and they’d understand.

“We have a supply of natural gas that can last America nearly 100 years, and my administration will take every possible action to safely develop this energy.”
President Barack Obama

It won’t even last 10 years. Far too little recoverable carbon has been bought with far too much borrowed money.

http://theautomaticearth.com/Energy/the-darker-shades-of-shale.html

]]> By: Samuel Gregg https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/08/27/the-character-of-the-worldwide-anti-fracking-movement/#comment-35824 Samuel Gregg Wed, 28 Aug 2013 02:30:01 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=9195#comment-35824 FRACKING IN FERMANAGH .... what could it mean? This is a community film, made with young people in County Fermanagh, exploring the possible consequences of fracking in the County. It contains interviews with farmers, fishermen, tourism providers, community members, the Council and politicians from the Northern Ireland Assembly. It includes interviews also with specialists from Canada who have experienced fracking in their own rural communities. See it on Vimeo or on YouTube: http://vimeo.com/67627781 FRACKING IN FERMANAGH …. what could it mean?

This is a community film, made with young people in County Fermanagh, exploring the possible consequences of fracking in the County. It contains interviews with farmers, fishermen, tourism providers, community members, the Council and politicians from the Northern Ireland Assembly. It includes interviews also with specialists from Canada who have experienced fracking in their own rural communities.

See it on Vimeo or on YouTube:

http://vimeo.com/67627781

]]> By: Duane Nichols https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/08/27/the-character-of-the-worldwide-anti-fracking-movement/#comment-35814 Duane Nichols Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:31:41 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=9195#comment-35814 "Britain’s Furor Over Fracking" ------ PEACE and LOVE are not the story! There is the heavily policed front line in Britain’s fracking war. A conflict has erupted over Prime Minister David Cameron’s vision of turning the English countryside into hydraulic-fracturing central, a place where West Sussex would release its inner West Texas. See the latest story from the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/27/opinion/roger-cohen-britains-furor-over-fracking.html?_r=0 “Britain’s Furor Over Fracking” ——
PEACE and LOVE are not the story! There is the heavily policed front line in Britain’s fracking war. A conflict has erupted over Prime Minister David Cameron’s vision of turning the English countryside into hydraulic-fracturing central, a place where West Sussex would release its inner West Texas. See the latest story from the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/27/opinion/roger-cohen-britains-furor-over-fracking.html?_r=0

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