Geologists Say UK Shale Deposits Hold Vast Energy Reserves 241
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from the well-we've-got-to-heat-an-awful-lot-of-tea dept.
from the well-we've-got-to-heat-an-awful-lot-of-tea dept.
fishmike writes with this news snipped from a Reuters story: "Britain may have enough offshore shale gas to catapult it into the top ranks of global producers, energy experts now believe, and while production costs are still very high, new U.S. technology should eventually make reserves commercially viable. UK offshore reserves of shale gas could exceed one thousand trillion cubic feet (tcf), compared to current rates of UK gas consumption of 3.5 tcf a year, or five times the latest estimate of onshore shale gas of 200 trillion cubic feet."
Re:Irrelevant (Score:5, Funny)
I hope this doesn't mean... (Score:3, Funny)
...that the US is going to invade us or bring about regime change!
Re:Northumbria will be free! (Score:3, Funny)
I live about 30 miles south of the border, and strongly believe that we should become part of Scotland until we can re-establish the kingdom of Northumbria with a king at Bamburgh. We will then demand compensation from the english for all the coal and iron they stole and take the Australian Government to court for copyright infringement by the Sydney bridge which is a blatent copy of our bridge over the Tyne.
Fracking... (Score:4, Funny)
...is actually starting to become a dirty word. Gotta love it. So say we all!