SNP urged to lift fracking ban – Express

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The SNP has been urged to lift the ban on fracking in Scotland as it will boost the economy and help to lower energy bills across the country.
Fracking has been outlawed in Scotland since 2017 when the Scottish Government announced a “preferred position” of not supporting it.
The unconventional oil and gas development involves drilling into the earth and directing a high-pressure mixture of water, sand and chemicals at a rock layer in order to release the gas inside.
“Because the population density is much lower in Scotland, it’s less likely to be disruptive. Scotland would regain wealth from the productions as it would issue permits for it and would also get cheap energy which would help the rest of the economy.
“People who are affected by the fracking would also be handsomely compensated and yet the production will still be at a very low cost.
“You can frack and produce energy at 1/5 the cost of offshore wind and one quarter of the cost of onshore wind. The government of Scotland would decide whether to issue permits for extraction and these contracts would give first refusal to consumers in Scotland at at the set price which would be lower than the market price.
“Obviously, there are other sources of energy in Scotland like hydro but its limited. Wind will never provide a reliable base source of energy, you’d have to cover every square inch of the UK with wind farms to even produce enough energy for the UK.”
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