Sir – Fracking Away Our Future is the theme of a discussion in Skipton at the Black Horse pub at 7.30 on Tuesday, May 13. Do come along if you care about our future.

Our MP, Julian Smith, says he does. He talks with pride in his 2013 report of Protecting Rural Yorkshire, specifically by supporting communities opposing windfarm developments.

The disruption to the landscape, the environment and to people’s lives caused by windfarms is nothing compared to what fracking would bring: constant lorry traffic bringing in water and chemicals, 24-hour pumping operations, noisy and floodlit, hundreds of wells sunk across Yorkshire for a resource that can be tapped only over a couple of years; toxic by-products.

But much more importantly, our safety but most of all that of our children, is at threat by this dash for gas. Worldwide, we know about five times more fossil fuel than we can afford to bring to the surface without causing climate and environment destruction on a scale we have only begun to glimpse.

There really is no substitute for investing in energy saving and in using renewable energy resources.

Annie Neligan, Green Party, Pye Busk, Bentham