Is anyone going to watch the Olympic opening ceremony live?
Aug 1st 2012, 1:18 pm
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Re: Is anyone going to watch the Olympic opening ceremony live?
I think we still have a fair bit but I'm sure it might come in handy one day. Apparently we 1000 trillion cubic feet of shale gas and are, I think, the 4th largest producer of natural gas so we should be OK for awhile but it's good to know we can rely on the colonies in the future if needed 
Aug 1st 2012, 1:25 pm
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Re: Is anyone going to watch the Olympic opening ceremony live?
I think we still have a fair bit but I'm sure it might come in handy one day. Apparently we 1000 trillion cubic feet of shale gas and are, I think, the 4th largest producer of natural gas so we should be OK for awhile but it's good to know we can rely on the colonies in the future if needed
Aug 1st 2012, 2:14 pm
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Re: Is anyone going to watch the Olympic opening ceremony live?
shale gas = fracking
Aug 1st 2012, 2:42 pm
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Re: Is anyone going to watch the Olympic opening ceremony live?
I think we have all got enough gas to last us well into the future. The shale gas is there, it's just a case of getting it out 
Aug 1st 2012, 9:46 pm
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Re: Is anyone going to watch the Olympic opening ceremony live?
UK proved gas reserves are 292,000,000,000 as of 2010. Not sure of its annual consumption but I know it only has a few short years of gas left - without calculating for growth (ha ha - UK economy and growth, etc). "Probable" reserves are quite high and the shale gas discovery is very good news indeed for British jobs and also energy security.
Aug 2nd 2012, 8:15 am
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Re: Is anyone going to watch the Olympic opening ceremony live?
UK proved gas reserves are 292,000,000,000 as of 2010. Not sure of its annual consumption but I know it only has a few short years of gas left - without calculating for growth (ha ha - UK economy and growth, etc). "Probable" reserves are quite high and the shale gas discovery is very good news indeed for British jobs and also energy security.
thr world is full of shale gas. however, it's not easy and may be costly to mine them. ever heard of the word "fracking"?
Aug 2nd 2012, 10:17 am
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Re: Is anyone going to watch the Olympic opening ceremony live?
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Aug 7th 2012, 5:38 pm
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Re: Is anyone going to watch the Olympic opening ceremony live?
Just woke up here in time to see the Canadians march in. Poor Simon Whitfield. How much did they have to beg him to carry the flag in?
(Canadians have a superstition that whoever carries the flag in loses the gold medal...spectacular cases of this in the past with our figure skaters).
