Can fracking calm the energy crisis?

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Engineering, Naked Scientists, Natural Sciences, Technology, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science

4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is an industrial process undertaken to access pockets of gas locked inside rock formations underground. It's seen by its proponents as a vital part of the solution to the current energy crisis, particularly as on-going tensions with Russia mean gas supply security looks very uncertain and remains very expensive. Critics, however, have pointed to environmental concerns and contest how much it could actually reduce energy prices. So, we're going to remove party politics from this contentious topic and see what the science has to say. We're sorting fract, from... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
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0:06.0	Welcome.
0:07.0	This is the show where we bring science.
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0:14.6	without further ado this is the naked scientist
0:18.1	hello welcome to the naked scientist the program that brings you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine.
0:24.3	And this week we're drilling down into the fracking debacle.
0:27.5	Party politics get pushed aside so the science can take centre stage.
0:31.8	What is fracking? Will it help or hinder our energy
0:34.4	headache and at what environmental cost? The Naked Scientists Podcast
0:39.3	is powered by UKfast.co.co. UK. Welcome to this week's special feature on fracking with me James Titco and Chris Smith.
0:56.0	As mentioned, we're going to try and get to the bottom of one of the most divisive topics dominating the discourse here in the UK and abroad at the moment.
1:05.0	I promised on entering Downing Street to act. Let's get them removed.
1:15.0	No, not Prime Minister Liz Truss per se, but the cause being championed by the people she was
1:21.9	interrupted by at the Conservative Party conference.
1:25.2	They were fracking activists.
1:28.6	Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is an industrial process that's undertaken to access pockets of gas locked inside rock formations underground.
1:35.6	There's reputedly a very large reserve of this fossil fuel resource that can be recovered this way,
1:40.6	so it's seen by its proponents as a vital part of the solution to the energy crisis,
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