Environment / Information Level - Basic / Political Issues / Public Opinion / Uncategorized
by Refracktion · Published March 25, 2013
The big UK fracking story of the week was on 20th March, the budget speech by George Osborne. After exempting the pottery industry amongst others from the Climate Change Levy, and announcing more subsidies for the declining North Sea industry he said: “But I also want Britain to tap into...
Energy Prices / Industry Tactics / Information Level - Basic / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published March 24, 2013
One of the little discussed issues around the recent announcement that the government is going to throw tax breaks at an industry which insists it doesn’t actually want or need them (see https://www.refracktion.com/index.php/fracking-and-the-budget/) is that it turns us all into investors in this business, as it is now OUR money...
Energy Prices / Industry Tactics / Information Level - Basic / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published March 23, 2013
As expected George Osborne used his budget speech on Wednesday to express government support for the fracking industry. He said: In the spending round, we will provide support for energy-intensive industries beyond 2015. For the North sea, we will this year sign contracts for future decommissioning relief, the expectation of...
Dangers / Information Level - Basic / ORIS / Political Issues / Public Opinion / Regulation
by Refracktion · Published December 9, 2012
What we do NOT need is another government body costing more tax payers’ money and making life easier for Mr Osborne’s friends like Lord Browne by “streamlining” and “simplifying” the already inadequate regulatory regime.
Industry Tactics / Information Level - Basic / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published December 2, 2012
#Fracking company admits its investors may be losing patience Cuadrilla may not be prepared to wait much longer. “If we get a negative decision this week, we would have little alternative than to walk away,” Mr Egan said. We have proven that there is gas and that it will flow....
...and from Pro-Frack anonymous troll Eli-Goth we received the following ringing (if illiterate) endorsement over on Drill or Drop:
...and from The Village Idiot of Little Plumpton AKA Geza Tarjanyi
"Do not believe Refracktion. John 'Obson is useless. 'e is industry"
Take the advice of Greg Clark, ex-Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government
"Those who are prepared to organise to be more effective and more efficient should be able to reap substantially the rewards of that boldness ...
Take power now. Don’t let yourself, any longer, be ruled by someone else"
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