UK release controversial shale gas

November 7, 2012 News: Recently, the British ruling Conservative Party Congress, held in Birmingham on release shale gas industry sent a positive signal. Energy Minister Edward? David revealed that he will reconsider release shale gas, Finance Minister George? Osborne also said he would introduce a new tax policies to encourage investment in the field of shale gas. In this regard, the British industrial sector is encouraged, but environmentalists worried.
Government to release positive signals, given  Hydraulic fracturing  mining techniques may trigger an earthquake, a threat to human health and the environment, the United Kingdom last year suspended Cuadrilla Resources' shale gas, which is currently the UK's only shale gas project. In the Conservative Party Congress, David said, hoping to make a pause to reconsider last year's shale gas exploitation decision: "In principle, I support the new resource extraction, because it can increase the British energy supply for consumers and industry to reduce energy costs. "greatly encouraged industry, and now, the United States in the field of shale gas investment, making it more and more obvious advantages of industrial costs, while Europe because of shale gas exploitation without government support and catch up. Most Western European environmental organizations and the public are opposed to  shale gas  fracking, Bulgaria and France have banned shale gas exploitation. Environmental organizations strongly resisted, although the British rock formations deep underground might save a lot of shale gas, but was highly controversial mining methods. Environmentalists once again emphasized their shale gas safety concerns, they are more concerned about is the huge amount of raw materials to produce new fossil fuel will get into the UK market, thereby threatening Britain's low-carbon strategy. In their view,ceramic proppant the government slashed the one hand, promote the overall carbon emissions, on the other hand encourages the exploitation of more natural gas, self-contradictory.