What's the TRUTH about FRACKING?
Fracking. It’s the controversial gas-extraction process that just won’t go away even though we all wish it would, one way or another. Groups opposed to it are relentless in their efforts to block it; meanwhile the Fracking industry doesn’t show any sign of giving up either. To get the unbiased facts we spoke to Cuddrilla CEO Sir David McDavid via Skype.
CN: Sir David, good afternoon.
SD: Good morning.
CN: Morning? It’s 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
SD: It’s only 9am in the Bahamas.
CN: You are in the Bahamas?
SD: No.
CN: But you just said that you were in the Bahamas?
SD: No I said "it’s bananas".
CN: What’s bananas?
SD: The time. In the Bahamas. They are five hours behind the UK, it’s bananas.
CN: So you ARE in the Bahamas?
SD: No not at all.
CN: So why mention the time there?
SD: Because of the bananas.
CN: What bananas?
SD: The bananas… in the Bahamas.
CN: Okay it seems like we might be sidestepping the issue here so I’d like to press on. Sir David, there is another protest organised tomorrow at County Hall in Preston against your company fracking in the area. What are your thoughts?
SD: Our position is unchanged. These hippy-dippy folky-wolky environmental types seem to have this barmy notion that fracking is harmful to the planet. Frankly, it’s nonsense. On the contrary, fracking is very good for the environment. I have been involved in fracking my entire career and just look behind me – the sun is shining, the skies are blue, the air is clear and the flamingos are playing – the environment couldn't be any better.
CN: Did you say flamingos?
SD: Yes that’s right. Can you see them just behind me? Simply majestic.
CN: Sir David, is it normal for flamingos to be seen in the wild at Preese Hall?
SD: Yes, quite normal. Flamingos are indigenous to Weeton.
CN: I don’t think that’s true, is it Sir David? Flamingos are indigenous to the Inagua islands in the Bahamas.
SD: Really? I never knew that.
CN: Sir David, I am going to ask you again – are you currently in the Bahamas?
SD: No.
CN: Do you have any comments on the earthquake that occurred in the Fylde this morning?
SD: I am assured it is nothing to worry about. Just a minor tremor.
CN: What about the bungalow that collapsed on an old lady’s head?
SD: People need to keep in mind that while we are promising really cheap gas, the cost of drilling that really cheap gas might be quite high in and of itself. There is always a price to pay.
CN: So you don’t have any concerns?
SD: None whatsoever.
CN: What about the reported threat of aftershocks in the Atlantic Ocean and the possibility of a tsunami, all attributed to your test drilling?
SD: The Atlantic? Which part of the Atlantic?
CN: Well, seismologists have detected the beginnings of a tsunami just north of Cuba. Quite close to the Bahamas actually.
SD: Excuse me a moment. [connection broken]
CN: Sir David? Sir David?
Well we appear to have lost our connection there. That was Sir David McDavid CEO of Cuddrilla, hopefully putting your minds to rest on the subject of fracking in the Fylde.
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CN: Sir David, good afternoon.
SD: Good morning.
CN: Morning? It’s 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
SD: It’s only 9am in the Bahamas.
CN: You are in the Bahamas?
SD: No.
CN: But you just said that you were in the Bahamas?
SD: No I said "it’s bananas".
CN: What’s bananas?
SD: The time. In the Bahamas. They are five hours behind the UK, it’s bananas.
CN: So you ARE in the Bahamas?
SD: No not at all.
CN: So why mention the time there?
SD: Because of the bananas.
CN: What bananas?
SD: The bananas… in the Bahamas.
CN: Okay it seems like we might be sidestepping the issue here so I’d like to press on. Sir David, there is another protest organised tomorrow at County Hall in Preston against your company fracking in the area. What are your thoughts?
SD: Our position is unchanged. These hippy-dippy folky-wolky environmental types seem to have this barmy notion that fracking is harmful to the planet. Frankly, it’s nonsense. On the contrary, fracking is very good for the environment. I have been involved in fracking my entire career and just look behind me – the sun is shining, the skies are blue, the air is clear and the flamingos are playing – the environment couldn't be any better.
CN: Did you say flamingos?
SD: Yes that’s right. Can you see them just behind me? Simply majestic.
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| Sir David McDavid speaking live from Weeton |
SD: Yes, quite normal. Flamingos are indigenous to Weeton.
CN: I don’t think that’s true, is it Sir David? Flamingos are indigenous to the Inagua islands in the Bahamas.
SD: Really? I never knew that.
CN: Sir David, I am going to ask you again – are you currently in the Bahamas?
SD: No.
CN: Do you have any comments on the earthquake that occurred in the Fylde this morning?
SD: I am assured it is nothing to worry about. Just a minor tremor.
CN: What about the bungalow that collapsed on an old lady’s head?
SD: People need to keep in mind that while we are promising really cheap gas, the cost of drilling that really cheap gas might be quite high in and of itself. There is always a price to pay.
CN: So you don’t have any concerns?
SD: None whatsoever.
CN: What about the reported threat of aftershocks in the Atlantic Ocean and the possibility of a tsunami, all attributed to your test drilling?
SD: The Atlantic? Which part of the Atlantic?
CN: Well, seismologists have detected the beginnings of a tsunami just north of Cuba. Quite close to the Bahamas actually.
SD: Excuse me a moment. [connection broken]
CN: Sir David? Sir David?
Well we appear to have lost our connection there. That was Sir David McDavid CEO of Cuddrilla, hopefully putting your minds to rest on the subject of fracking in the Fylde.
Follow Cleveleys News on Twitter for more up to the minute facts.
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