Why wind power should take precedence over fracking – Yorkshire Post letters

NEIL Milbanke (The Yorkshire Post, August 10) may be correct that coal is not the way forward for our energy generation, but considering our developing climate emergency, neither is the burning of other fossil fuels such as oil and gas. He is very misleading in comparing the present gas wells in the Vale of Pickering with the proposals for fracking for shale gas.

Ryedale MP Kevin Hollinrake clarifies his stance on fracking to protesters – Yorkshire Post letters

The handful of existing conventional wells have the benefit of about 20 years of mature planting to screen them and since being sunk have required only occasional maintenance.

Kevin Hollinrake’s green claims undermined by his support for fracking - Yorkshire Post letters

Experience from the US and Australia, however, has shown that fracking for shale gas is an extensive industrial process.

Fracking protests play into the hands of Russia and President Putin – Yorkshire Post letters

It requires the transportation of large quantities of water (both fresh and contaminated), sand and chemicals to and from the sites. In order to maintain an adequate and continued supply of gas, the wells have to be re-fracked and new wells constantly sunk.

We do, of course, need a secure supply of energy and renewables (combined with battery storage) is now proving to be cheaper, cleaner and plentiful.