Joe Bagadonuts
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Fracking Spaniards!
How is fracking legal?
- Thread starter Beantown
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Beantown
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Deal.
Darkwing Duck
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The vibe I'm getting (other than reaction to the circus that usually accompanies the OP's posts) is that so long as it's NIMBY, fracking's okay.
Because it creates temporary jobs that makes politicians look good in the short-run for reelections.
I'm pretty sure access to cheap energy has something to do with it.
addictionary
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Problem with solar is the ore extraction necessary to make enough photovoltaic cells to span the size of Spain.
Wind is better.
NAOS
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is it? ask the bird population.
Beantown
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The subsidies is what makes it cheap.
NAOS
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it's just one subsidies, guis. We can change this!
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When it comes to fracking, it has its pros and cons. Using natural gas sourced from fracking has a lesser impact on global warming (even with the leakage caused by extraction) compared with coal. The problem is, as we use less coal, we start exporting it.
The real issues is disposal of the fracking wastewater. Injecting it back into the Earth is what is causing Earthquakes, but this is the cheapest way to dispose of it, although better alternatives (albeit more expensive) exist.
We are seeing a natural progression to renewable energy, including harnessing the oceans power using sea floor turbines (a technology in its infancy).
Solar is great, but has limitations with our current grid.
The real issues is disposal of the fracking wastewater. Injecting it back into the Earth is what is causing Earthquakes, but this is the cheapest way to dispose of it, although better alternatives (albeit more expensive) exist.
We are seeing a natural progression to renewable energy, including harnessing the oceans power using sea floor turbines (a technology in its infancy).
Solar is great, but has limitations with our current grid.