Letter: So how green is this as an energy source?
Further to the letter by Mr John Davies of Calverhall on fracking, he points out that we shall still be burning a fossil fuel.
As far as I know, gas unlike petrol or diesel does not produce noxious products, and most households use gas for heating and cooking.
If you want to consider a really green energy Mr Davies, take a look at wind power.
They are about to install at least 50 of these dreadful machines in one of the most beautiful forests in the country. It is called Clocaenog Forest, in Denbighshire, North Wales.
In order to put these things up they are cutting down most of this forest, building massive concrete roads for access, and each windmill will be 500 feet high and have a concrete base the size of a swimming pool, 70 feet deep. Imagine how much CO2 will be produced over the months of work it will take to install these things.
The site is at the top of a hillside, and all the natural spring water sources (which the local properties now use) will be destroyed.
Because all the trees will be removed, and replaced with acres of concrete, the water run-off will, according to experts who were consulted, cause extreme flooding in the valleys below. This disaster site will also kill the area off as a tourist spot.
That is true green power for you, Mr Davies. Compared with that, fracking is a non-event.
David Thorp
Apley
