Do you agree? Is now the time to frack? Let us know by casting your vote below.
Is it now time to frack? Let us know by casting your vote below
Fracking enjoys widespread support in Britain, according to a new survey.
Research carried out by the research group Populus for UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) found that 57 per cent were in favour of the controversial tachnique which extracts shale gas from the ground.
The poll quizzed 4,000 people and found that 16 per cent were opposed, with just over a quarter (27 per cent) undecided.
The poll shows that the public would like to see the government use both shale gas and renewables to meet the country’s energy requirements.
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117 Responses to “POLL: Is it time for Britain to frack?”
itdoesntaddup
Supporting the Climate Change Act indicates that you want to shut down the UK. I want to have a thriving economy that improves living standards of the poor., rather than tries to freeze them to death.
Kevin Griffiths
NO FRACKING, The year is not 1704
Silvia Vousden
Germany are heavily investing in solar energy.
Silvia Vousden
An article that hopes to allay the fears of the suckers that might want to invest in the industry. It does not change the fact that the wells deplete at an alarming rate and provide a short term solution at best. The damage done to water supplies and the land from this practice cannot be reversed, and I don’t believe poisioning the water supply and wrecking the land is worth the short term reduction in energy prices.
Silvia Vousden
Do you think drinking poisioned water and a myriad of health problems are worth a short term ‘solution’ to the energy crisis? Peak oil has come, and if it were not for massive government subsidies the oil industry would have to reflect the true cost of fossil fuels. You are already paying heavily for ‘cheap’ energy, the solution is NOT in fossil fuels but investment in efficient ways to use renewable energy. Come on people, we have the technology!