The Guardian reports:
Fracking is “not the evil thing that some people try to make it out to be,” energy secretary, Ed Davey, has claimed.
Anti-fracking activists have staged a series of protests at various sites over the past weeks.
Fracking firm Cuadrilla has withdrawn an application seeking a six-month extension of its oil exploration in a Sussex village which has been the scene of protests, but will be submitting a new one.
“If we can have gas safely in this country that will mean jobs, tax revenue and greater energy security – so fracking is not the evil thing that some people try to make it out to be,” he said.
Davey, who was answering questions from a live studio audience as part of Radio 5 live’s Energy Day programmes, said: “It is the early days of this.
Heh. Sounds like the UK has an energy minister who actually wants to produce energy. Could we get one like that?
Ironoxide head is full up on Kool Aid.
Ironsides says ” where has bedroom windows are blown out”.
Can you please explain your objection to shale gas?
Let the Energy Minister have it in his neighborhood, where his bedroom windows are blown-out, in the middle of the night.
What the heck happened to Ed Davey? He was so consistently and aggressively moronic since the first time we heard about him.