Doctor Who Tackles Fracking

I met Matt Smith when he came into the bar I work at in North London the other night. Note: if you ever meet him do not call him Doctor Who to his face he gets mad. Then this morning I saw an article about how the creators of Doctor Who want to do an episode that deals with hydraulic fracking. So I thought this was the perfect opportunity to brag about my celebrity encounters (I also met Kit Harington and Janice from Mean Girls last week) as well as discussing fracking. It was unclear what way they would portray fracking in the programme whether it be good or bad but any publicity is good publicity right? It is things like this that allow the topic to be pushed into the public eye and with more attention and understanding the industry is more likely to progress.

This also made me thing about protests and how they affect the industry. Obviously all protests are against fracking and aim to stop it happening but is it doing the opposite? Yes they are a nuisance but the media attention they bring to the topic will ultimately lead to people researching and building up their own knowledge and opinions. And let’s be honest, no one is going to listen to a crazy protester. The majority of the public will have a lot less extreme views and may even be more open minded to hear about the advantages of fracking.

Media attention on the topic has massively increased in the past few years making the public more aware of what is happening and what could happen in the future, I’m excited to see is this has positive or negative impacts. Or maybe Doctor Who will save us all from the horrors of fracking and we won’t have to worry about it any more.