10 Reasons Why Fracking Is An Even Worse Idea Than Before

Fracking was a bad idea a year ago before the Scottish Government imposed their temporary ban on the technology. Here's why it looks even more nonsensical now.

1. Climate Change

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2015 was the hottest year ever. The climate has changed and we need to get off fossil fuels yesterday.

2. Earthquakes!

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Research shows injection of fracking wastewater into the ground by the industry is responsible for almost 1000 years worth of earthquakes in Oklahoma in just two years.

3. Water contamination

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Communities long-standing complaints that their water has been poisoned by fracking chemicals are finally upheld by scientists.

4. Paris didn't deliver

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The international climate deal in Paris fails to even mention that fossil fuels need to stay in the ground, so communities and nations have to get down to the hard work of doing it themselves.

5. The underdog is fighting back

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Communities are resisting and rejecting big, bad fracking companies all around the world. Despite huge industry pressure, County Councillors in Lancashire bravely knocked back two applications last year.

6. Public Health

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More and more health studies have shown that fracking and healthy communities are just not compatible.

7. Opposition to all fossil fuels is mounting.

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With a further moratorium on Underground Coal Gasification in Scotland, and divestment campaigns mushrooming globally, it shows the entire industry is losing friends fast.

8. Your house

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The UK Government was forced to release their own report suggesting that fracking nearby could reduce the value of your house and increase the costs of getting home insurance.

9. Frackonomics

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The really low oil price means the high costs of fracking just don’t add up.

10. Solar Power is way better anyway

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The price of renewable energy keeps on falling and even somewhere not renowned for sunny weather like Scotland is powering ahead with innovative community solar schemes.