"Fracking Stupid" Defined - Oops, Wrong Petrol Station

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ANTI-FRACKING protesters who glued and chained themselves to petrol pumps in Great Lever over the weekend were at the wrong garage, it has emerged.



Four people were arrested on Saturday after anti-fracking protesters used glue and bike locks to attach themselves to fuel pumps at the petrol station in Rishton Lane.



The group had chosen to base the protest next to a Total petrol station after the French firm announced it would be investing more than £12 million in the UK's shale gas industry.



The thing is, Total don't own the station any more. It is owned by Certas Energy, but the signs haven't changed yet.



Ya think it could have been some of our mb gang?

[Anonymous]

Ya think it could have been some of our mb gang?[/i]

Yeah, I could easily see those ladies EU, Gay Bob and evs doing something that stupid.    

[Anonymous]

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/10950219.Anti_fracking_protesters_who_glued_themselves_to_pumps_were_at_wrong_petrol_station/?ref=mr">Anti-fracking protesters who glued themselves to pumps were at wrong petrol station



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ANTI-FRACKING protesters who glued and chained themselves to petrol pumps in Great Lever over the weekend were at the wrong garage, it has emerged.



Four people were arrested on Saturday after anti-fracking protesters used glue and bike locks to attach themselves to fuel pumps at the petrol station in Rishton Lane.



The group had chosen to base the protest next to a Total petrol station after the French firm announced it would be investing more than £12 million in the UK's shale gas industry.



The thing is, Total don't own the station any more. It is owned by Certas Energy, but the signs haven't changed yet.



Ya think it could have been some of our mb gang?

Question: What are you protesting? Answer: What have you got?

[Anonymous]

It's funny how certain words conjure up rallying cries for the unscientific far left. Fracking has not only made power cheaper for Americans it is actually GOOD for the environment.

In a welcome development almost no one saw coming, America's greenhouse gas emissions have fallen to 1992 levels and are expected to continue to decline, according to the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA).



In addition to a sluggish economy and more fuel efficient cars, "fracking" has been a big driver of this trend. "Fracking" is shorthand for hydraulic fracturing, the process of extracting natural gas from shale rock. The EIA projects U.S. greenhouse emissions will fall below 2005 levels by 2040.



"It is a revolution," says Joel Kurtzman, a senior fellow at the Milken Institute. "We should be using it. We should be embracing it. It's domestic. We spend $350 billion a year buying foreign oil. We can replace almost all of that with natural gas."



Indeed, there are multiple benefits to increased natural gas production, including less dependence on foreign oil and opportunities for the U.S. to be an energy exporter. Lower energy costs are also helping to revive U.S. manufacturing, creating jobs in addition to those directly associated with fracking activity.



The boom in domestic natural gas production has really been the biggest macro economic development of 2012 -- even if the election, the fiscal cliff and various other concerns have overshadowed it.



See: The Fracking Revolution: More Jobs and Cheaper Energy Are Worth the "Manageable" Risks, Yergin Says



As an aside, Kurtzman notes the U.S. is now on track to meet the emission targets of the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty the U.S. did not sign, much to the chagrin of many greens.



"The reason why we've had these changes is not because of policy," be it carbon taxes or the Kyoto treaty, Kurtzman says. "The treaty itself is not working from an environmental or policy perspective. What is working is the fact that low-priced natural gas is replacing coal; that has a dramatic effect, which is measurable" as electricity produced by natural gas emits 43% less carbon dioxide versus coal.

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[Anonymous]

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/10950219.Anti_fracking_protesters_who_glued_themselves_to_pumps_were_at_wrong_petrol_station/?ref=mr">Anti-fracking protesters who glued themselves to pumps were at wrong petrol station



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ANTI-FRACKING protesters who glued and chained themselves to petrol pumps in Great Lever over the weekend were at the wrong garage, it has emerged.



Four people were arrested on Saturday after anti-fracking protesters used glue and bike locks to attach themselves to fuel pumps at the petrol station in Rishton Lane.



The group had chosen to base the protest next to a Total petrol station after the French firm announced it would be investing more than £12 million in the UK's shale gas industry.



The thing is, Total don't own the station any more. It is owned by Certas Energy, but the signs haven't changed yet.



Ya think it could have been some of our mb gang?

Oh my goodness Ms. cc li tarte....I hope they at least offered an apology to the station owners.

[Gary Oak]

They are the rent a mob black block types that show up at every globalization conference.

[cc]

Dunno. She looks like she's "stuck" to be white

[Anonymous]

Dunno. She looks like she's "stuck" to be white