Giant Gas Field Discovery Could Power Britain for a Decade
A giant gas field has been discovered under Lincolnshire that could fuel the UK’s entire needs for a decade, reducing dependence on imports and generating tens of thousands of jobs, an energy company has said
The Telegraph has the story.
Egdon Resources, the business behind the discovery, is to formally announce its findings at an energy industry conference later this month.
Its preliminary work suggests that the field, centred on the market town of Gainsborough, is so large that it could benefit the whole UK economy, boosting growth through more jobs, increased tax revenue and cheaper energy.
If subsequent drilling confirms the scale of the find, it is likely to reignite the debate about fracking – and create a potential clash between Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, and Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, as the Government attempts to chart a course between Net Zero and economic growth.
Fracking, the process of extracting gas by pumping ultra-high pressure liquid underground to crack the bedrock, is currently banned in Britain after previous work triggered small earthquakes.
Exploiting the field would mean ending this moratorium as well as lifting a ban on new oil and gas licensing introduced by Mr Miliband, whose own constituency of Doncaster North is close to part of the discovery.
It comes after Ms Reeves announced Labour’s support for a third runway at Heathrow Airport, despite longstanding opposition to the scheme from Mr Miliband. Earlier this year the Chancellor emphasised that growth, not Net Zero, was the Government’s “No 1 mission”.
Worth reading in full.
How has Ed Elasticband responded to this? By pledging a permanent ban on fracking.
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VOWG
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The communist Brits don’t want coal, oil or gas or jobs.
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Jerry Krause
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Hi PSI Readers,
I suspect that some of you might begin to question VOWG’s intelligence because his statement because they might not know the definition of communism: n, 1. Any system of social organization in which GOODS are held in common. (Webster’s)
I read “Egdon Resources (a private company), the business behind the discovery, is to formally announce its findings at an energy industry conference later this month.” Recently the British government has clearly been trying to not allow private industry to use “coal, oil or gas”(goods). So by definition, VOWG is correct.
Have a good day
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Howdy
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Anybody who cares about more than themself knows what communism is Jerry, and it’s for the lower sectors only at the behest of the uppers, who run an alternative.
This is all going to change in short order as the UK follows the US. Other countries too are starting to change.
It’s over for the ‘new world order’ and it’s proponents.
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