surly Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 they have awarded contracts to explore east Sheffield now with the rest auctioned off later. http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/fracking-fears-for-south-yorkshire-as-government-makes-areas-around-sheffield-available-for-exploration-1-7416088 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/454338/Onshore14thHRAv5.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrea Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 There's an opportunity for a community in the Tory heartland to accept the process and host the first full complex. They voted for it after all. Seems like a fair solution. Can they guarantee that the chemicals pumped underground will stay in that location for the rest of time and won't seep into ground water which doesn't stay in the same location for all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megalithic Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Areas like Handsworth and Tinsley are on the list. Its time to make a stand against these b******s. If you want to be part of an organised protest please sign up to the Sheffield against cracking Facebook group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 What other cocktail of chemicals do we intentionally pump into the ground? Intentionally polluting millions of gallons of fresh water Where is this polluted water? I mean seriously. Where is it? Do you think it all just piddles out the well into the nearest convenient river? I've news for you - it doesnt. Do you know what this "cocktail" as you so bluntly put it actually has in it? Or are you just falling for the usual tired lies and tripe that greenpeace are undoubtedly churning out? ---------- Post added 20-08-2015 at 22:59 ---------- I would expect them to prove that its save before doing any fracking. Been going on for 50 years so far. FIFTY years! Oh the humanity oh the...hang on? wheres the polluted water? Wheres the burning taps? wheres the.... yeah. Exactly. ---------- Post added 20-08-2015 at 23:01 ---------- I would expect them to prove that its save before doing any fracking. http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/fracking-poses-significant-risk-to-humans-and-should-be-temporarily-banned-across-eu-says-new-report-10334080.html Fracking poses 'significant' risk to humans and should be temporarily banned across EU, says new report. Some of these toxic chemicals have been linked to breast, prostate and testicular cancer in humans as well as coronary heart disease, the report says. It outlines how 38 fracking chemicals are “acutely toxic for humans” and a further 20 are mutagenic, or known or possible carcinogens. The report gives specific examples of hazardous materials used in fracking, including chemicals “associated with leukaemia in humans” and “toxic to sperm production in males”. The trust warns it is “particularly concerned about the use of hormone-disrupting chemicals”. I trust then that you don't ever fill a car with petrol? (aromatics toxic to sperm) Or drink coffee? (Class 2B carcinogen) Or alchohol? (Class 1 carcinogen and teratogen) or breath any form of oxygen? (free radicals are disruptive to hormones) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megalithic Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 No one knows what the cocktail is as they won't reveal that. Wonder why that is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 No one knows what the cocktail is as they won't reveal that. Wonder why that is? Water, ethylene glycol, silica sand, guar gum, citric acid, ammonium chloride, glutaric acid aldehyde, boric acid and polysacchirides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megalithic Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Mods: Given this is now a very real local issue I thought a new thread was warranted. Hope that's ok? So. Anyone starting to feel a little more worried now? Health issues? Property prices? How do the residents of Handsworth and Tinsley fee,l being on the list? All views welcome of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Joker Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Where did you find a list of local fracking sites? The local rag mentions sites in North-East Sheffield, but is no more specific than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Water, ethylene glycol, silica sand, guar gum, citric acid, ammonium chloride, glutaric acid aldehyde, boric acid and polysacchirides. Given that 50% of the water is discharged in flow back it has to be managed on the surface, kept in ponds or tanks. You do not want that contaminating groundwater. That is where the test of the regulation comes in - surface storage, transfer off site, subsequent management etc...etc... So don't pretend that all the water injected into the well stasys in the ground. It doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancs_Lad Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 (edited) Interactive map is here https://decc-edu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=29c31fa4b00248418e545d222e57ddaa The light green shaded areas are those most likely to be affected Edited August 21, 2015 by Lancs_Lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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