David Cameron laments 'painfully slow' fracking progress in UK

[T_i_B]

I hate to point this out to Mr Cameron, but the "painfully slow" progress of fracking is more attributable to concerned local residents who don't want it anywhere near them!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/29/david-cameron-laments-painfully-slow-fracking-progress-in-uk

David Cameron has told US oil executives of his frustration that the UK has failed to embrace fracking despite his best efforts, and hit out at green groups for being “absolutely obsessed” with blocking new fossil fuel extraction.

His bullish pro-fracking comments at a US oil industry event this week came almost 12 years since Britain’s former prime minister hugged a husky to burnish his green credentials.

“I passionately believe that there is big potential for fracking and unconventional gas in Britain, which has some shale reserves that could make a real difference,” Cameron told the American Fuel and Petrochemicals Manufacturers’ annual conference in San Antonio.

Cameron compared the tens of thousands of shale wells drilled in the US with around 10 in Europe, which he said was pathetic. “We are going to fall behind if we don’t extract the gas that we have that can make us more competitive, more energy-independent, less reliant on Russian gas,” he said.

[Angry Dragon]

1. I wonder how much money he stands to gain on fracking??

[Kurt V.]

2. As if being absolutely obsessed about future extraction is a bad thing.