Iain Stewart visits the National Grid to see how they use hydro-electricity to balance the electricity supply during peak periods to ensure energy security.
You know, the thing about the fracking chemicals is that, in America, they’re proprietary, so that they’re a closely guarded secret, each company with their own particular mix that they don’t want the others to know about, so it’s likely secret recipe, really, like the ingredients of HP Sauce or Coca-Cola.
The new energy rush in America, shale gas, is making many people very rich; but, it’s controversial!
The thick coal deposits that underlie this area, that’s made Pennsylvania famous, made it rich. And that’s the point, really, is that the towns and cities that have flourished here in the past, owe their success down to the rocks and the minerals beneath their feet.
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