Do we still want fracking in Ireland?

Jimmy Garlic

Of course it is perfectly safe, isn't it? No potential for major environmental damage, or so we have been told.

Hmmm

Cathy.C

Fracking rocks.

Jimmy Garlic

And to think Australia is far more concerned about Johnny Depps dogs.

youtube!

I don't know a single person either online or in person who has ever expressed that they did want it.

KERSPLAT!

Fracking hell

The_Valeyard

Frack that!

ArmaniJeanss

Absolutely no fracking please.
Or unsightly noisy wind turbines, overground pylons, pipelines on our coasts, or rigs visible from the shore. An emphatic no to anything to do with nuclear.

Yes to keeping energy costs down.

sjb25

In normal Irish fashion

if close to my house NO

If anywhere else YES

Iwasfrozen

If we're not going nuclear fracking is a necessary technology.

For political reasons cracking will happen in Europe, the environmental dangers will always be secondary to geopolitical concerns.

mikeym

No bloody way.

Fr_Dougal

I think fires on the Liffey would be great, keep the locals warm at night.

Long Time Lurker

sjb25 wrote: »

In normal Irish fashion

if close to my house NO

If anywhere else YES

Isn't that everywhere!

stimpson

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Of course it is perfectly safe, isn't it? No potential for major environmental damage, or so we have been told.

Hmmm

I love that video. Guy deliberately sets river on fire and then goes mental because the river is on fire. Well...duh.

melissak

stimpson wrote: »

I love that video. Guy deliberately sets river on fire and then goes mental because the river is on fire. Well...duh.

Rivers usually aren't flammable you see.

kneemos

We have fracking to thank for cheap petrol,diesel and home heating oil.

Don't see why we shouldn't,a lot of industries have some environmental impact.

recylingbin

Cathy.C wrote: »

Fracking rocks.

Bula bos.

Spanish Eyes

The oil producing countries OPEC have decreased the price of a barrell significantly lately.

That is not because they want less profits, it's to my mind because they want Fracking to be obsolete because the price of oil from conventional methods is so cheap now.

So..... OPEC can keep this going until the Fracking community give up.

Then they will raise the price again.

It's shocking I tells ya the way oil is such a game.

But when the OPEC fields eventually dry up, all the windmills and solar panels will not suffice. So then it's back to fekking fracking!

mvt

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

The oil producing countries OPEC have decreased the price of a barrell significantly lately.

That is not because they want less profits, it's to my mind because they want Fracking to be obsolete because the price of oil from conventional methods is so cheap now.

So..... OPEC can keep this going until the Fracking community give up.

Then they will raise the price again.

It's shocking I tells ya the way oil is such a game.

But when the OPEC fields eventually dry up, all the windmills and solar panels will not suffice. So then it's back to fekking fracking!

Hmmmm...don't think you know what you are talking about on any of the three points of your argument tbh

Spanish Eyes

mvt wrote: »

Hmmmm...don't think you know what you are talking about on any of the three points of your argument tbh

Rebut them then. I'd be interested to know what the world thinks apart from myself.

Always open to being educated me!

mvt

Ok
The price foe opec products has decresed primarily because of the amount of product generated by fracking in the Us.

It will be a race to the bottom between opec & fracking.

Can't remember the third one

Spanish Eyes

mvt wrote: »

Ok
The price foe opec products has decresed primarily because of the amount of product generated by fracking in the Us.

It will be a race to the bottom between opec & fracking.

Can't remember the third one

Yes correct, and I think that was my first point. OPEC has started the race to the bottom. We can all see that at the pumps at the moment. We have no fracking here yet, but already OPEC is making us think that conventional fuels are so much cheaper now, why bother with this fracking lark up in Leitrim.

mvt

The US in not in OPEC.

Spanish Eyes

mvt wrote: »

The US in not in OPEC.

OK, I am talking in general.

The US wants to be self sufficient and that's fine for them if they want to frack forever.

But fracking has been mooted here in Leitrim too. And I would imagine in other OPEC recipient countries too.

So I was just thinking out loud, and surmising that OPEC decided to reduce oil prices so that fracking for their customer countries was not economically viable anymore, since OPEC oil prices are so low now.

But that is FOR NOW.

It is an interesting topic. Just shows what big business/oil can do to deter the procurement of other sources of fuel. OPEC recipient countries that is!