UK Prime Minister David Cameron: ‘UK fracking will be safe’ – ‘There is no question of having earthquakes and fire coming out of taps’

UK Prime Minister David Cameron: ‘UK fracking will be safe’ by Eoin O’Cinneide, August 9, 2013, upstreamonline
Shale gas exploration will bring cheaper bills and not “earthquakes and fire coming out of taps” in Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron has promised. The country would be making “a big mistake” if it turned its back on hydraulic fracturing at a time when the industry is transforming the industrial landscape in the US. … “Nothing is going to happen in this country unless it’s environmentally safe. There is no question of having earthquakes and fire coming out of taps and all the rest of it. There will be very clear environmental procedures and certificates you will have to get before you can frack,” Cameron promised.
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“In the whole of the EU year 100 shale gas wells were (drilled),” Cameron said. “At the same time in the US there were 10,000.”
“The EU has about three-quarters as much shale gas as the US, so we are missing out big time at the moment and I want to make sure that Britain does not miss out.”