I'd be interested in your facebook page too. There is the possibility of fracking locally in our area of North Yorkshire so it is of interest.

My wife especially has taken an interest in the subject recently and is finding it hard to get a balanced view of it so she can form a view. There is a local group who have a very anti-position (which may well be correct or not) and she has recently been in touch with one of the energy companies who are going to come and talk to give there side (which again may be right or wrong or just different)

The one thing it seems to me so far is how little most people we know know about it (I include myself though I have started to read up on what I can find). there seems a lot of stealth and secrecy going on which is always a concern too

There do seem to be a lot of negative experiences from the US - communities with water supplies f***ed and living on supplied bottled water (free if they keep their mouths shut), tremors, noise, bad experiences with drilling 24 hours a day etc

On the other hand quite a lot of suggestions that regulations in this country would mean it is somehow safer.

Difficult to work out what is true and what isn't so any info would be very useful.