Letter: Fracking is just a short-term solution
I was listening to the Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show about fracking, and people were saying yes and others saying no.
I'm no greenie but think if we are going to frack then let's not do it on land but at sea. If there is a possible chance of polluting water then it won't be on land where we get our water from or our food. They say it's so we don't have to be dependent on Russia for gas.
Once all the fracking gas has gone what next? As this has only a short supply, why chance polluting the ground we all depend on?
Why not look at all other avenues of energy like solar? We recently had people up in arms over pylons crossing the countryside when we could quite easily put solar panels on the rooftops of every house and the energy produced could go down the cables that are already there. Just a one-off payment to install one at every house.
Another is to look at water turbines. We have plenty of water in Shropshire in our rivers. Or dare I say it open cast mining. We are supposed to have 300 years of reserves, but I suppose the EU government would not like that – Britain being self-sufficient.
If gas is the real issue then let's get it from methane which is on every farm. I have been to a farm where they have methane that produces energy and it does not smell. So all, let's think outside the box to help ourselves.
Jon Griffiths, Telford
