Fracking

Question 1

What is the site in North Yorkshire doing

Answer 1

North Yorkshire County Council by Third Energy to extract shale gas at a site near Kirby Misperton in Ryedale.

Question 2

What is so significant about the fracking site in North Yorkshire?

Answer 2

It is the first fracking operation in England since a ban was lifted in 2012.

Question 3

How does the fracking site in North Yorkshire benefit local communities?

Answer 3

Communities living near the site will receive a sum of £100,000 for community projects and will receive 1% of the share profits

Question 4

Employment prospective of the fracking site in North Yorkshire?

Answer 4

The industry believes it could create 74,000 jobs

Question 5

Positive environmental impact of fracking?

Answer 5

Fracking will help cut greenhouse gases relative to coal, which produces more emissions

Question 6

Positive economic impact of fracking?

Answer 6

Fracking has the potential to power economic growth, and provides a new domestic energy source, making the UK less reliant on imports

Question 7

What did the Shadow Secretary for Energy and Climate Change say?

Answer 7

Barry Gardiner argues that fracking locks the UK into an energy infrastructure that is based on fossil fuels, when the country should be moving to renewables.

Question 8

What is the motive for introducing more fracking?

Answer 8

Fracking would give the UK energy security because there are currently only 30-40 years of North Sea Oil projections left.

Question 9

Negatives of fracking

• Environment

Answer 9

Harmful to the environment in long term, such as methane leakage and contamination of ground water

Question 10

Labour’s manifesto on renewable sources

Answer 10

Set a target of 65% of UK electricity from renewable sources by 2030

Question 11

Labour’s manifesto on energy saving

Answer 11

Invest heavily in energy saving, making building insulation a national infrastructure priority

Question 12

Failure on fracking in Lancashire

• Government overruled

Answer 12

Lancashire County Council voted against allowing drilling for gas using the controversial technique in 2015. But the government overturned the ruling.

Question 13

Corbyn’s stance on coal-fired power stations

Answer 13

Corbyn wanted to ditch all coal-fired power stations and massively increase renewable energy.

Question 14

What would the Labour Party and the Scottish government prefer?

Answer 14

Labour would ban fracking if it came to power, as the party prefer clean technologies of the future.

Question 15

Why is there no need to frack for gas?

Answer 15

Rapid developments in renewable energy, batteries and other electricity storage methods have demonstrated there is no need to frack for gas

Question 16

The UK’s record of importing gas

Answer 16

In 2012, the UK imported 56% of gas.

Question 17

How does fracking neglects the environmental target that was set in COP 21 Paris?

Answer 17

80% of known fossil fuel reserves must remain unburned if the world is to keep global temperature rises to 2C