Greg Palast with his trusty ironic pose in The Bush Hotel, Carrick on Shannon, bringing the hazards of fracking to a full house last night. That man in the foreground had a full head of hair before the talk.

It got really scary:

And then there are the pipelines. The fracked gas doesn’t get to market by carrier pigeon. Ireland has had virtually no discussion of the difficulties, danger and cost of running hundreds, and ultimately, thousands of miles of gathering pipes. I’ve been investigating the horror of pipeline explosions for three decades now and the problem is exponentially worsened by the new web of lines created by fracking. Highly explosive transport systems require an elaborate system of on-site government regulation which Ireland does not have and cannot now afford. And it’s simply too easy for the pigs to cheat.

Crikey.

Damn doom-mongering, scoop-laden, Chandleresque hipster.

Greg Palast On Fracking Plans For Ireland (Indymedia)

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