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"en.20121121.20.3-261-000"2
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"Europe is striving to achieve a significant reduction in its CO
emissions, which means that shale gas and other unconventional sources of gas are now a potential new and important form of energy supply in Europe and neighbouring countries. Shale exploitation represents a huge opportunity for the European economy. One only need look at the situation in the United States, where shale gas extraction has prompted a real economic turnaround, while places in which shale deposits are found have been referred to as an El Dorado. I understand all the fears concerning the fracking process and its potentially harmful impact on the environment and on human beings. However, the following arguments should be considered: if, in the United States, where more than 150 billion m
of gas are extracted each year, the extraction process were having a negative impact on residents and the environment, it would certainly have been noticed. Lawyers there would be working flat out to seek compensation for members of the public. Furthermore, great technological progress is being made right now and there are already safe methods of extraction that are being improved upon all the time. Shale gas presents a great opportunity and immeasurable benefits for my country, Poland, and for Europe, which is why I cannot imagine not seizing this opportunity. I therefore voted in favour of the report drafted by Bogusław Sonik."@en1
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