Ian has just embarked on a UK tour to raise awareness about "fracking". If you don't know what this is then find out because it could affect you directly. Fracking is a technique used to extract gas or oil from underground wells that would not naturally release satisfactory quantities. It is a way of forcing the hydrocarbon fuel to the surface, but can result in huge environmental damage and possibly earthquakes. The technique has not been permitted on land in the UK until now. Plans are afoot to turn the UK into a huge gas platform. The convenient excuse which is being used to justify all this is the government deficit. How can a sovereign nation that has sovereign currency possibly be in debt? If our government is in debt then it is not "the government", those that it owes money to are "the government".