Territorial Dispute with China: Philippines to Move "Major Forces" to Subic Bay

Anon220806 · Aug 20, 2013

When Balcombe parish council were asked if there was any opposition locally to Cuadrilla doing the test drilling, the parish council were not aware of the implications and the permission slipped through. Now Cuadrilla have started drilling and the residents regret their decision.
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I just read this elswhere. Sheds a different slant on things.

Anon220806 · Apr 11, 2014

Markham said: ↑

I hope you are right! My main area of concern would be if fracking were to take place near former coal mines - the possibility of shaft and tunnel collapse would be present, no?
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Very dumb.

Markham · Apr 12, 2014

JohnAsh said: ↑

Very dumb.
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Really??!!? You obviously thought it was a sensible question to ask because you gave me quite a detailed reply almost 9 months ago when I asked it:

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Markham said: ↑

I hope you are right! My main area of concern would be if fracking were to take place near former coal mines - the possibility of shaft and tunnel collapse would be present, no?
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I would hope that due consideration will be given to aquifers, old coal mines and all. It isn't difficult to regulate this sort of thing. Like I said in an earlier post about BHP in Liverpool Bay they had to apply for clearance from a huge number of local authorities, governments, river authorities, fishing authorities, wildlife authorities etc etc etc before they could drill in Liverpool Bay, which not only juxtaposes with Blackpool Pleasure beach and the like but Hydrogen Sulphide was produced to the surface so safe procedures / practices had to be put in place to deal with all of that. And it worked. Well.

I could see the Blackpool lights and the Liver Centre from the rig. BHP had to conduct a full environmental impact survey before submitting applications to drill. Cuadrilla or whoever would have to do the same and that would include taking into account mine shafts if they might involve being a conduit to surface or an aquifer or if they were shallow enough to be a hazard to those on the surface, then yes those too. Its hard to foresee Cuadrilla not being careful as they know that one ferkup and that would be their last. It's in their best interests to do the right thing.

By the way, if you know where the mine shafts are then it's perfectly possible to steer around them if need be. They have great technology for that.

I have just noticed that the RSPB has raised an objection to Cuadrilla's work. And claim that Cuadrilla havent carried out an environmental impact assessment. So, we shall see.
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But maybe you overlooked that fact when, this morning (my time), you decided to mark my question as "dumb" and post your second reply.

As you're supposed to be ignoring all my posts - but not doing so - it's very clear that you're engaging on a vendetta out of your dislike of me. If that is what gives you pleasure, fill yer boots, I could care less but then it's not me who's going to be perceived as the idiot by other readers.

Jim · Apr 12, 2014

Getting a bit pissed off with this childish bickering. DUMB AND DUMBER.

Sean or Moderaters is it possible to stop this kind of crap behavior

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