The politicians from the SPD and the Greens have rejected the renewed initiative of the coalition partner FDP to use so-called fracking for natural gas production in Germany.
“Anyone calling for national fracking today is calling for expensive bad investments with serious competition for use,” SPD energy politician Nina Scheer criticized today in the “Handelsblatt” newspaper of the weekend’s proposal by Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) to quickly get into fracking in Germany as well.
“Fracking stands for a large number of boreholes and consequential risks for drinking water, earthquake hazards and climate damage and should therefore be rejected,” warns Scheer.
Green economic politician Dieter Janecek notes in the “Handelsblatt”: “It would take years to apply the fracking deposits in Germany.” In the acute energy crisis, they were of no use to Germany, “and in the medium term we want to switch to green hydrogen anyway.” In view of the energy crisis, Lindner had once again campaigned yesterday for rapid entry into natural gas production in Germany through so-called fracking.
Gas or oil is extracted from rock layers with the help of pressure and liquids, which poses dangers for the environment. However, some experts consider the method now used to be responsible. There is also criticism of liquefaction through strong cooling because, according to environmentalists, this costs up to 25 percent of the energy content of the gas.
