Fracking has to be the best idea in the world ever ! It's basically just like a big fun soda stream. Think of all those heavy drinking (whiskey stops the gas headaches) lorry drivers employed to carry all that cake mix and lemon juice to gently squeeze like a piping bag into the ground to get the lovely fizz. Free cake and lemonade for everyone ! it might even glow! It's just like a giant soda stream. the conservatives are certainly on to a world class winner by trying to industrialise the Home Counties and areas of outstanding natural Beauty. Think of all those temporary transient jobs. drugs and prostitution are part of GDP now so think of that boost to the economy. use and pollute our drinking water, a great way of reducing the world population! Far less tourists and more industrialisation that's what this country needs. Think of all those amazing 3d graphics, pity they can't do the job better than a second year undergrad but what does 70 meters error matter anyway. we are just drilling deep in to the ground and putting faults under immense pressure what could possibly go wrong? Absolutely nothing that's what. Earthquakes sinkholes, bubbling streams, concrete casing oozing into stream, all naturally occurring and too small to notice anyway. 42 db from drilling in the night is perfectly acceptable, it's just the same as a bubbling stream, who wouldn't want bubbles in a stream? Even though it's more of a throbbing thudding drill sound. all the birds disappear that's their choice if they fly off to somewhere nicer. Stupid nimbys. Also free lighting and flares all through the night it's like a Christmas tree spaceship. who wouldn't want that outside their window. I'm sure people would pay even higher house price to be next to a busy industrial estate rather than a boring field. As for setting tap water on fire that's free gas right from the tap, Those people should be charged for that gas. Let's talk about competency, those guys who drive those trucks and drill are the creme de la creme of skilled professionals with 100 percent safety record. Absolutely no chance of any accidents at any time of the process or illegal dumping whilst carrying radioactive waste from those guys. Those self reporting regulations are gold plated just like for the banks. Who needs health and safety and regulation anyway it only slows the the economy down. piper alpha was perfectly safe and offshore, deepwater horizon was perfectly safe and offshore. Fukishima was perfectly safe. Good job we don't have those offshore cowboys fracking anywhere onshore near our drinking water.. OH right they are the same companies well at least they will have learned to do it better from all those accidents in America that they tried to cover up. .... /end sarcasm