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Mistress Rose
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Treacodactyl Downsizer Moderator
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Mistress Rose
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Shane
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Treacodactyl Downsizer Moderator
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Mistress Rose
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James
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Mistress Rose wrote: |
and I know that developers of all projects don't look at that. ("Microgeology") |
Do you? Really?
Have you read any of the geological investigations that are underway on the chalk at the moment?
I don't presume to know the latest findings in brain surgery, or in agriculture, or economics. That's because I don't spend my life involved in those sectors.
I trust brain surgeons, farmers and economist to know their field of expertise.
I know, by name, those that are involved with the cutting edge research on fracture flow on the chalk. I manage two of them. One of those that I manage is internationally acclaimed for her understanding of karstic flow dynamics.
I've been involved in regulation of environmentally risky things now for a very long time. And I get really fed up by people who "know" stuff. What they normally mean is they have a gut feeling that's something's the case. Or that based on past experienced, its likely to be the case.
Regulators can't be as slap-dash. If we pin our colours to the mast, sure as shit we need to be on the money. Because every word is scrutinised by the operator, their solicitors, and by the anti-frack loby.
Trust me on two things (probably the same 2 things I mentioned to you last time I posted here a year or more ago). Firstly, micro fractures in the chalk are intensely studied. And secondly, in terms of relative risk, your concerns regarding damage to the chalk from cracking are disproportionate to what you already live with. Do you, for example know how close you are to your nearest landfill? Or tannery? Or scrapyard? Chances are, at least one of the above will be close-by. You are at a much greater risk from a known pollutant that's dug into the chalk than a possible risk that's miles beneath the chalk.
Worry about what's next to you. |
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Treacodactyl Downsizer Moderator
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Mistress Rose
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