You're most fond of claiming to be misquoted yourself, so quotes please as support for these claims, because I'm struggling to remember when I have been "so supportive of mining".



To help, I'll point out that noting that energy security was not thought through when the mines were closed on the basis of political ideology, or pointing out entire communities were thrown on the scrap heap because of the same ideology, is not the same as being "so supportive of mining".

The water would probably have soaked into the fractured shale deep below ground - expect to see this in a government press office release in the near future, repeated immediately by a compliant media.

And there is a very good question.

So, fracking will help flood control. Brilliant!



The only flaw in such a political comment would be that for many years ground water levels have been dangerously low and would fracking therefore make it worse!!

We'll basically lose any ground water deep inside the earth where it will turn to steam and come back through fissures as geysers - the whoel of the UK will then be declared a National Park along the lines of Yellowstone and we'll all have free hot water for life - but we'll have to catch rainwater to drink.



I can't really see a downside actually.

Geothermal power!