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By: tvb

And if the greens had their way every job that has an environmental impact would be lost. They don’t mind spending the taxes they just do not have a damn clue how to produce the wealth that is taxed....

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By: krazykiwi

The combination of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling is revolutionizing the global energy landscape. There is absolutely no question we need to go here. Sorry Greens, your Malthusian...

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By: All_on_Red

Its a concern that by 2018 we will have supply issues though. Unless we build a gas powered power station then we better start moving on building another Hydro dam to cover this impending shortfall....

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By: RRM

Seven thousand jobs – really? I’m no anti-fracking campaigner but that sounds like propaganda… when I visited the Shell Todd terminal on a school trip 15 years ago there were just two or three guys...

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By: OTGO

The jobs would be in building the terminal not in running it. But there would also be jobs created in programming software to run the thing on completion I guess.

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By: dime

RRM – i guessit depends on how much has to be built etc?! Devon oil in the US. revenue of 11 billion. employ 3500 or so. Marathon oil is similar from memory. both have benefited big from fracking. its...

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By: Australis

After a lengthy debate in Britain, Ed Davey (Lib Dem warmist Sec of Energy) has lifted the moratorium on fracking. The decision came after David Cameron’s strong hint that fracking might save the...

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By: Spam

I’m no anti-fracking campaigner but that sounds like propaganda… when I visited the Shell Todd terminal on a school trip 15 years ago there were just two or three guys sitting in a computer room...

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By: TheRat

And if the Green Party argue against this analysis they will undermine their favorite economic advisers BERL who they used to bolster their case against Asset Sales…

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By: tvb

Fracking may produce electricity cheaper than nuclear. So the greens may have to choose. It is always risky opposing something on hypothetical risk. But most people want facts based on true science.

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By: jacob

I always get a bit disappointed when the energy sector talks about jobs – by the logic that the sector creates jobs, more jobs per kWh would be a better thing, so the Greens would argue that wind and...

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By: hj

http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-12-11/fossil-fuels-fracking-lies-spread-the-word

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By: hj

Venture Taranaki has joined in on the fracking debate, releasing a study that forecasts billions of dollars and thousands of jobs over the next decade if fracking is allowed to continue. … ….. ah ha!...

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By: hmmokrightitis

It’s not just the direct jobs impact, it’s the support industries as well. From food through to pipes and helicopters, look around New Plymouth – a significant number of people support the oil and gas...

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By: Fletch

Matt Damon just starred in an anti-fracking movie, and during a question-and-answer session hosted by Apple was asked – “We hear a lot of criticism about sources of right-wing funding and right-wing...

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By: GregOutWest

Right. I just wrote a longer detailed post but lost connection and can’t be bothered re-typing it. To summarise: 1/ To posters like TVB at top, if you’ve got nothing smarter to say than slagging the...

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