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Default Fracking in UK given green light

js.b1 wrote:
On Apr 17, 7:46 am, Dave N wrote:


What I would prefer to see is a Sovereign Wealth Fund established via
a tax on domestic shale gas and export (globally),


You do not tax the end user. Tax the company that extracts the gas. The
proceeds go into the treasury coffers keeping income tax down - hopefully.

This gas is commonwealth. The company using commonwealth must pay for the
privilege to pay for our collective services.