I was wrong in my last post on fracking. Scotland does have shale gas reserves, although not as much as England. Due to the normal biased reporting of the BBC, nothing about Scotland's situation was previously mentioned. However large areas in Fife and the Scottish central belt may also be suitable and companies are applying for licences. We also have CBM (coal bed methane) which may also be extracted.
Apart from causing small earthquakes it would seem that the biggest concern over fracking is pollution of the water table and hence our drinking water. I would have thought that was quite a big concern and I do hope that the powers that be are quite certain it won't happen BEFORE they go ahead.
This picture shows Stirling castle in Scotland's Central Belt
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