Mr Johnson starts off with the broad and well known objections which have been brought into the public domain by the media and seems to be relatively well informed. As he continues to answer the question however he does become more alarmist as he quotes examples he has seen but that are not common place such as the gas coming out of taps. His second point regarding road traffic is a mixture 0f knowledge gained by media sources combined with local knowledge of the road networks. Mr Johnson also mentions about contamination of the water table which is a common problem with the process in America, although the differing Geology in the Northwest of England compared to the U.S. means that this is not yet a proven fact for the Fylde. 4.3.2. Interview Question 2 Question 2 asks ‘What do you see as the main problems?’ He felt there was one major issue and some smaller concerns: Water contamination, Self Regulating industry, In the US risk assessments were lenient and no government overseeing of the industry. Mr Johnsons main concern is water contamination which again is well documented in the media. He appears to base his concerns around information coming out of the United States where it is common knowledge that many of the rules and regulations were relaxed to allow the fracking industry to grow in that country. Mr Johnson quite rightly points out that it is a self-regulating industry and this appears to be a main plank of his worries. 4.3.3 Interview Question 3 Question 3 asks ‘What do you know about the process of fracking?’ Mr Johnson gives a answer to this and shows an intermediate level of knowledge about the process. ‘It seems to be where a mixture of water, chemicals and sand are blasted through shale rock at high pressure to release gas’ However, he does not go into any details about the specific chemicals used or the ratios of waster to sand to chemicals. This would indicate again that his knowledge is derived from
Mr Johnson starts off with the broad and well known objections which have been brought into the public domain by the media and seems to be relatively well informed. As he continues to answer the question however he does become more alarmist as he quotes examples he has seen but that are not common place such as the gas coming out of taps. His second point regarding road traffic is a mixture 0f knowledge gained by media sources combined with local knowledge of the road networks. Mr Johnson also mentions about contamination of the water table which is a common problem with the process in America, although the differing Geology in the Northwest of England compared to the U.S. means that this is not yet a proven fact for the Fylde. 4.3.2. Interview Question 2 Question 2 asks ‘What do you see as the main problems?’ He felt there was one major issue and some smaller concerns: Water contamination, Self Regulating industry, In the US risk assessments were lenient and no government overseeing of the industry. Mr Johnsons main concern is water contamination which again is well documented in the media. He appears to base his concerns around information coming out of the United States where it is common knowledge that many of the rules and regulations were relaxed to allow the fracking industry to grow in that country. Mr Johnson quite rightly points out that it is a self-regulating industry and this appears to be a main plank of his worries. 4.3.3 Interview Question 3 Question 3 asks ‘What do you know about the process of fracking?’ Mr Johnson gives a answer to this and shows an intermediate level of knowledge about the process. ‘It seems to be where a mixture of water, chemicals and sand are blasted through shale rock at high pressure to release gas’ However, he does not go into any details about the specific chemicals used or the ratios of waster to sand to chemicals. This would indicate again that his knowledge is derived from