Smokescreen over fracking
I read with interest Councillor Jim Barron's letter in last week's paper about shale gas extraction or fracking. In it he mentions Lynda Armstrong OBE who has worked for the past 35 years for Shell in various roles.
I think I would be naive in thinking we would get an unbiased opinion from a person whose company is one of the pioneering forces in the search for more fuel by way of fracking.
On a personal note I voted against the amendment at Glastonbury Town Council but voted for banning fracking in the Mendips and the rest of Great Britain as all the evidence points to a very unstable procedure occurring underground in this wonderful country of ours.
Have you ever stopped and wondered how is it pro-fracking forces and the industry are able to create such an effective media smokescreen?
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Maybe it's because they're using some of the same media consultants as the tobacco industry.
They say talk is cheap, but any fan of satirical comedies can tell you it's anything but, when it comes to dangerous industries, such as tobacco and energy.
These industries know what their products and procedures do, and the damage they create, so it's in their best interest to spend on spin; and spend well.
Ian Forster Coppin Close Glastonbury
Comments
by Yetypu
Thursday, March 07 2013, 12:50PM
“Oh dear - it is sad when, as with the MMR vaccination, people will put others at risk, in this case of fuel poverty, because they choose ignorant emotion over hard earned knowledge.
I refer to Mr Forster's "OBE who has worked for the past 35 years for Shell".
In the same spirit, his "so it's in their best interest to spend on spin; and spend well" is a canard. As someone not in receipt of any such funding, might I assure him that deep level hydraulic fracturing does not present health or environmental hazards.
The entire process of gas {or oil} exploitation does however present opportunities for things to go wrong - so I would urge all those with an interest to
a) use the correct words to identify the various steps in seeking out & producing underground hydrocarbons; &
b) use this exactitude to identify those parts of the processes presenting risks
- so that the actual risks might be addressed & ameliorated.”