[Closed] Woohoooo. Surely this means independence for the North West of England

The North West is full of huge chavs - take your pick.

Surely this means independence for the North West of England

only if those of us outside of the Pikey Republic of Lancashire can build a wall. A very big wall with no doors 🙂

I was about to put up a post about Fracking, anyone know much about it?

Blackpool will be the new Venezuela.

So I can say I did the Trafford Centre to Venezuela night ride for the BHF? I like this!

How long before we see flames coming out of our toilet bowls though?

Blackpool illuminations 2015:

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I think it's a scam and they haven't found jack, or at least not the quantaties they're talking about. They're buying time in the face of strong and vocal opposition.

binners for regional PM

High pressure stuff used to crack [ blow up] the rocks underground to release gas...potentially it may not go where you want and there are stories of places in america where they can set fire to the water straight from the tap.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fracking

places in america where they can set fire to the water straight from the tap.

suppose and starting fires with your wee does sound kinda cool

You'll get invited to lots of parties with this new trick to show off.

Fracking, anyone know much about it?

Simply a shortening of "hydraulic fracturing"

Pump water at a silly pressure into the well untill the rocks crumble and the gas is released (think of it as gas traped in an aero bar rather than the more conventional easter egg).

You also pump down a slurry of sand/gravvle to keep the factured cracks open when the water's displaced.

However you might want to to dissolve some of the rocks to make life easier. Better pump a load of acids and alkalis down there to do that.

Ohh, and you dont want bacteria to start eating your gas and blocking the pipes, better fill it with some more nasty chemicals.

Basicly you pump a heck of a lot of nasty s*** into the ground, and in a few places this has found its way (unsuprisingly) into the water table and eventualy the drinking water. It's now banned or very heavily regulated in a lot of countries.

Fracking, anyone know much about it?

I know all about it.

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You'll get invited to lots of parties with this new trick to show off.

I was about to put up a post about Fracking, anyone know much about it?

Basicly you pump a heck of a lot of nasty s*** into the ground, and in a few places this has found its way (unsuprisingly) into the water table and eventualy the drinking water.

The North West is full of huge chavs

So, that's gas and killing of a lot off chavs into the bargain. Sounds like double win win to me

I was about to put up a post about Fracking, anyone know much about it?

I was about to put up a post about Fracking, anyone know much about it?

There was a CSI episode all about it.

There is a lot of risk surrounding fracking, but hey it's only blackpool.

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thisisnotaspoon has summed it up, dont get me wrong I am all for extractive industries, if they are conducted in the right way.

if you want to read a bit about it: [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing ]wiki linky[/url]

I seriously doubt that there is 200 TCF of gas under Blackpool. A good well can recover 10 BCF (this is a rough number); 800 wells gives 8 BCF so that is a recovery factor of 4% (which is not very good even for shale gas play)

Blackpool is going to be in an axis of prosperity with [s]Iceland[/s] and [s]Scotland[/s].

There's always been plenty of gas on the Western side of the Pennines - little else mind

[i]Blackpool will be the new Venezuela.[/i]

You'd have to be caracas to go to either!

(it helps if you say 'Caracas' out loud and make it ryhme with 'knackers'. And know what the capital of Venezuala is called. I'll just get my coat now, shall I).

wwas - You're not getting into the Blackpool frame of mind. Don't get your coat, shout "I'm here all week"

😀

they could use the blackpool tower as a drilling rig, should save a few quid, and with a nice flame on the top.

lol

Basicly you pump a heck of a lot of nasty s*** into the ground, and in a few places this has found its way (unsuprisingly) into the water table and eventualy the drinking water. It's now banned or very heavily regulated in a lot of countries.

I stand corrected, let the liberation commence!

http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/Article/2980813/Latest-News/US-shale-study-concludes-no-link-between-fracking-water-contamination.html

Blackpool will be the new Venezuela. But who will be our Hugo Chavez?

I hear John "Luigi" Prescott's looking for a job...

What shall we have as the national anthem?

I'd go for 'Uncle Joe's Mintballs' by Mike Harding, 'Step On' by the Mondays or 'There is a light that never goes out' by the Smiths.

Basicly you pump a heck of a lot of nasty s*** into the ground, and in a few places this has found its way (unsuprisingly) into the water table and eventualy the drinking water. It's now banned or very heavily regulated in a lot of countries.

What shall we have as the national anthem?

If blackpools the capital then it's got to involve a ykelieli(sp?)

If blackpools the capital then it's got to involve a ykelieli(sp?)

We should definitely have 'Turned out nice again' as our motto.
Look nice in Latin on a coat of arms that, circling a flat cap and a couple of whippets.