Bloomberg: Fracking for Gas in a Field of Cabbages

The cabbages are impossibly big and as perfect as a high-end grocery store advertisement. In the bright sunshine, alongside the muddy country lane, they seem to capture the essence of autumnal rural England.

The gas drilling rig in the adjacent field isn't quite as picturesque. But if the site's owner, Cuadrilla Resources, has its way, gas drilled here may turn out to be as essential to a comfortable British winter as a warm plate of Bubble n' Squeak, potatoes and cabbage.