Germany Bans Fracking Forever

[KamaAina]

http://yournewswire.com/germany-bans-fracking-forever/

Germany have agreed to permanently ban fracking in the country following years of debate over the issue.

The coalition government have said that they will outlaw the practise of fracking for shale gas, but will allow test drilling to take place in certain circumstances....

German industry is keen to keep the door open to fracking – which involves blasting chemicals and water into rocks to release trapped gas – arguing it could help lower energy costs, but opposition is strong in the country, where a powerful green lobby has warned about possible risks to drinking water.

If the law is approved by parliament, Germany will follow France, which has banned fracking, whereas Britain allows it subject to strict environmental and safety guidelines.

[jonno99]

1. Forever? I guess the science is forever settled...nt

[Rex]

2. Smart group of people, fracking fucks up the aquifers and makes the water table turn toxic.

Texas has had this problem already, and the fracking companies just pick up and move to the next victim...er...state...

[MohRokTah]

3. Did Germany really have that many potential fracking fields?

I don't know, I'm unfamiliar with the geological makeup of Germany

[rhett o rick]

7. I don't think it makes a difference. Fracking is supported here because some

value oil corporate profits over human drinking water. Germany has the correct idea. They have also backed off from using nuclear power and are making enormous strides with solar power.

[NightWatcher]

4. Yet here we frack on fucking fault lines...

[tritsofme]

5. Good news for Putin!

[KamaAina]

6. Not necessarily. Germany is way ahead of us, and everyone else, except maybe Denmark, in renewables.

Even solar. When they don't have a single desert.