Voice of Russia: Is it time to frack in Britain and EU?

It is often said that every crisis is in fact a hidden opportunity. As expected, the gas crisis in Ukraine and the rise of Sunni jihadists in Iraq offered fracking apologists a new opportunity to dupe the public into believing that shale gas can save Europe from freezing in winter.

Trying to use two tragedies, two civil wars, two conflicts started with direct involvement of the US as a pretext to force Europeans to accept fracking on their soil is immoral, but for some people, being immoral is no problem when big money is at stake. Barack Obama promised Europe a swift liberation from its energy dependence on Russia, but the CEO of Cheniere, the sole existing exporter of LNG from America, told FT that LNG imports to Europe can't replace Gazprom, stressing that he can't understand how "anyone can believe in it."

Even the head of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso publicly admitted that the shale gas from the US won't save Europe. Barroso asked fellow politicians to avoid creating "the illusion that gas from the US is going to solve our problems." As expected, no one listened because creating illusions is a thriving business in the US and the European Union.
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