We should adopt the French system of free energy for those who live near new sites.
Lancashire County Council does not have the power to veto shale gas extraction by discriminatory use of their planning power
“It would be irresponsible not to encourage exploration.”
The choice is between the Conservatives and Labour – and only we can deliver real gains for Britain.
Properly utilized, shale gas offers a wonderful opportunity for such as countries China to tackle air pollution while still allowing energy growth.
Producing goods and materials using natural gas in America is better for the planet than producing them in China using coal
It was only the arrival of cheap oil from overseas and the development of nuclear energy that allowed France to transcend the limitations of geography and geology.
You wouldn’t know it by the behaviour of successive governments, but the question of how to deliver a reliable energy supply is quite a pressing one. Old gas plants have been mothballed, several nuclear power stations have come to the end of their lives, new proposals have been bogged down in red tape and green […]
The shale gas revolution has brought down energy prices in America. It is said by many that the same would apply to Britain if we develop our own shale resources. Regional markets make that a questionable assumption, but if it’s right, then the economic case against renewables (and nuclear) would be strengthened. Still, it doesn't […]
The shale gas industry was born in the USA and to a very large extent that is where it remains. The impediment isn’t the lack of resources beyond North America – because in all probability there are vast quantities of the stuff in shale formations around the world. No, the difficulty is transplanting an industry […]
JP Floru is a Westminster Councillor, Senior Research Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute and writer of Heavens on Earth – How to Create Mass Prosperity In the U.S, shale gas now accounts now for 30% of all gas extraction. Gas prices have reduced dramatically. By 2025 it may acquire energy independence – the current […]
The prospect of a British shale gas revolution attracts broad support across the centre-right. As well it might do, because unlocking this potential resource bonanza would have major benefits. For a start, the economy would benefit – a home grown shale gas industry would undoubtedly boost growth, certainly help with our balance of payments and […]
Nuclear fusion is the energy source of the future – and always will be. Or so the old joke goes. But what’s this? According to the Independent, the £13 billion ITER project in France has made a “breakthrough in [the] quest for nuclear fusion, a solution to climate change and an age of clean, unlimited […]
Is it possible to be excited about an issue, without taking an extreme position on it? Regular readers of the Deep End will know that is what we’ve tried to do in regard to shale gas – declining to condemn the Britain’s nascent industry as a bound-to-happen environmental disaster or to prematurely celebrate it as […]
It’s time to revive the Alex Morton scheme for local compensation for the construction of new homes.