FRACKtured
FUTURE
It Doesn't
Have to be This Way!
Advance Tickets
£8
(£10 on the Door)
"Are we in danger of condemning our
Children to lives of abject misery?"
Former oilfield executive Ian R
Crane has engaged industry sources and independent researchers to
lay the foundations for his investigations into fracking - mining
of shale and coal seam gas. In "Fractured Future - It doesn't
have to be this way", a nationwide speaking tour, Ian asks
whether this 'miracle' of nature really will be the solution to our
nation's problems? Is it going to be the best thing for us since
North Sea gas, or are there hidden dangers which could impact upon
communities in ways which need open discussion?
Across the UK, a backdrop of
unemployment, national debt and austerity is creating a distraction
from more long-term problems. While such issues will take decades
to address, the potential hazards brewing in the background, which
the wider public remain complacent about, are likely to take
centuries to put right. Ian considers whether corporate profits are
being put ahead of the health, safety and the well-being of our
natural environment. We are subjected to increasing restrictions on
food choices and health choices, all in the name of protecting us.
We have more surveillance and monitoring to safeguard us, and
further restrictions on the media are forthcoming. Are such actions
justified, and considering our safety is being seen as paramount in
these areas, will fracking be subjected to equal levels of
caution?
Our national debt has risen by 4%,
from 82% to 86% of our Gross Domestic Product, despite all the
austerity measures put in place - creating a Trillion Dollar Debt.
As experts will tell you, once it goes beyond 100% (where UK debt
will be more than annual turnover) our problems will escalate. Is
fracking a short-term gain for a long-term loss? A credit crunch
turned into an environmental crunch, while bankers' bonuses
continue to escalate?
Meanwhile, Al-Qaeda are being
fought and funded by the West at one and the same time, and yet the
people of Britain just shrug their shoulders. Are we heading
towards another World War, and if so, who actually is the enemy?
With the unlimited power supposedly presented to us via fracking
worldwide, will global peace break out, or will this represent the
beach-head in the next battle for energy supremacy?
This event will include an
opportunity to question Ian on his analysis of the unfolding
geo-political agenda.
Prior to becoming an Independent
Analyst, Ian R Crane had two decades of experience in the oil and
gas industries as a Schlumberger executive, working and living in
the UK, Mainland Europe, Middle East & North America
