为了达成碳排放目标,英国不得不用水力压裂法开采页岩气。英国政府计划推出的鼓励发展天然气水力压裂的政策在今年夏天掀起了轩然大波。批评者们抱怨说,政府没有征询意见,而且这些规定会限制地方政府的规划权。但英国看来别无选择。这个国家陷入了能源泥潭,这迫使它求助于页岩气。英国设立了极富进取心的碳排放目标,要求到2030年让全国能源供应实现事实上的无碳排放。但政府计划用于大幅削减排放的低碳能源策略——建造新型核反应堆和为 In order to reach the goal of carbon emissions, Britain had to use hydraulic fracturing method to extract shale gas. The plan launched by the British government to encourage the development of natural gas fracking set off an uproar this summer. Critics complain that the government has not sought advice and that these rules will limit the planning authority of local governments. But Britain seems to have no choice. The country is in a quagmire of energy, forcing it to turn to shale gas. The United Kingdom has set a very ambitious target for carbon emissions that will require a de-facto carbon-free nationwide energy supply by 2030. But the government plans to use low-carbon energy strategies for drastically reducing emissions - building new nuclear reactors and