EMAIL SENT TODAY TO THE BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: Dear British Geological Society, please see the information presented below: 243,610 sq km = land area of UK 60% to be fracked = 146166 sq km one well every 30 hectares (Ingraffea et al) 100 hectares = 1 sq km hence the area intended to be fracked is 14616600 hectares @ 1 well per 30 hectares = 487220 wells intended to be drilled @ 10% failure rate after 1 year = 48722 (say 40,000) wells will be leaking into the UK aquifers after ONE YEAR @ 60% failure rate after 20 years = 292330 (say 250,000) WILL BE LEAKING OIL AND/OR GAS INTO THE UK AQUIFERS. WHY GROUNDWATER (AQUIFERS) IS VITALLY IMPORTANT! ~Groundwater makes up nearly 70% of all the world’s freshwater; only 0.2% is found in lakes, streams or rivers and 30% is bound up in snow and ice on mountains and in the polar regions. As rivers and lakes tend to be supported by groundwater, it is not exaggerating to say that almost all the water we use for agriculture, industry and drinking water is either groundwater or has been groundwater at some point in the water cycle. ~Groundwater plays a number of very important roles in our environment and in our economies. In the environment it supports rivers, lakes and wetlands, especially through drier months when there is little direct input from rainfall. The flow of groundwater into rivers as seepage through the river bed, known as baseflow, can be essential to the health of wildlife and plants that live in the water. ~If you want to know the ENGINEERING TRUTH about fracking then you HAVE to watch Anthony Ingraffea, one of the LEAD development engineers in the technology for over 20 years ~ HE knows his onions ! (watch the first few minutes of Part 2 first ) youtube/watch?v=SjdhiZJCyzU youtube/watch?v=oPVWY96tIxg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ frackwire/well-casing-failure/ telegraph.co.uk/.../Fracking-doesnt... unesco.org/.../news/transboundary_aquifers.shtml ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I sincerely hope and Pray that you treat this matter with the utmost seriousness, particularly bearing in mind, that no matter HOW MANY well casing layers are in place, there is ALWAYS one on the OUTSIDE, where the cement has to deal with: (1) “CHANNELING” which is due to the injection of various high pressure geological fluids into the cement while the cement is liquid, and before it sets); (2) in a well a mile deep, particularly in the UK, there are a MULTITUDE of different rock strata, of varying Ph levels, porosities, and temperatures, etc, ALL of which the cement has to bond with 100% effectively in a very hostile environment. (this cement is correctly referred to by Dr Ingraffea as unobtainium); (3) constant earth movements over lengths of miles of horizontal and vertical JOINTED underground steel pipes. (4) unavoidable corrosion rates of cement and steel over time. There are NO engineering solutions to these issues, which when taken together guarantee that if “Fracking” goes ahead, the UK Aquifers WILL BE POLLUTED with oil and gas. Yours sincerely, Nick St Clare. London, UK. 07456 815 455 facebook: Nick St Clare, and FRACKING AQUIFERS.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:38:30 +0000