I think this Tuesday's episode was a change to the published schedules
so just to make sure it doesn't go unheard...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036tz9t
The Long View: Shale gas and UK energy resources
"Today the government and Gas extraction companies are taking stock
after the publication of a report by the British Geological Survey of
the potential of larger than expected Shale Gas reserves in the Bowland
Basin - an area covering most of Lancashire and Yorkshire.
IN the early 19th century, with the help of new mining technology
including steam powered machinery, it became increasingly clear that
the Yorkshire coalfield stretched far further East than was first
thought. Huge new seams were being discovered, particularly in the
Barnsley area, as shafts were sunk in the area east of Wakefield,
Rotherham and Sheffield.
Back then the new reserves created a series of challenges and risks for
the mining organisations wealthy enough to take the risks. Subsidence
and firedamp were a fact of mining life. But in the space of half a
century the relatively limited Yorkshire field outstripped the rest of
the UK's coalmining production and in the process created huge
population centres in what had been sparsely populated farming
country."
regards
John A W Lock
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