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One thing we have learnt this week is that politicians hopes and plans regarding fracking and GM do not always succeed…\u00a0 Recently in the UK the government has been hoping that they could push GM crops again.\u00a0 Some polls at least suggest that the public has softened its opposition.\u00a0 Part of the sell of course was jobs.\u00a0 But yesterday Monsanto announced it was pulling the plug on its planned GM crops in the EU<\/a>.\u00a0 Of course Monsanto is not the only company involved but it does give an indication of the way things are going with too much opposition in the EU. (Although its not illegal some GM crops are grown in Spain and Portugal.)\u00a0 As we blogged here<\/a> GM is not the answer to peak oil.\u00a0 In addition the government announced tax breaks for fracking.\u00a0 It clearly hoped the promise of lower energy prices, jobs and a large bribe (actually not that large) for communities affected would swing the rural public in favour of this energy source.<\/p>\n

Not at Balcombe<\/a> it hasn’t!\u00a0 A well organised protest has been going on over-night from yesterday.\u00a0 Like GM fracking is not the answer to peak oil either.\u00a0 Its strange as this crisis develops how many magic bullets we have gone through.\u00a0 Biofuels, nuclear, electric cars and now fracking (through all this period energy prices have increased).\u00a0 At Balcombe they are after shale oil and only have a month before their planning permission runs out.\u00a0 Here’s hoping the protesters can stop them.\u00a0 Our ebook available on the 2oth of August has updated sections on shale oil and gas.\u00a0 Buy a copy!<\/p>\n

Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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