Bill Murray wannabe Nick Grealy, draws out there parallels between Cuadrilla’s steady progress in demolishing fracking myths and the “Ghostbusters movie.”

There are two sides to the theory that UK opposition to shale gas makes the development of an industry problematic. Interestingly, many on both the “conventional wisdom” and the noisy, tiny and increasingly irrelevant opposition side are stuck in the same rut.

The rut derives from Britain’s favorite place, living in the past. UK shale has had dual curses, both surrounding experts’ opinion of the the past. Shale simply moves too fast.

Something is going to happen soon in UK shale, something wonderful. But it’s going to happen from 2018 reality not the outdated concepts of the past. Things have changed. Yet, both opponents and proponents are stuck in the past, fighting the battles often epitomised by the events in Balcombe in 2013. That’s ridiculous. Let’s recall the number one fear, according to the equally out of date BEIS Social Attitude Tracker Survey, surrounds the surface impact or industrialization of the countryside. That fear is held by over 60% of opponents.

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