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?”
Leon Wolfeson
And of course we have next to no regulation, or safety controls at present on it. And it’ll just replace North Sea gas.
Moreover, the regional water monopolies mean some consumers might end up simply priced out of water.
Silvia Vousden
What I read was an objective summation of the available evidence which is inconclusive because there simply isn’t enough evidence or study of the long term health implications of fracking to come to a reliable conclusion. Not enough evidence is not an endorsment or a conclusion of a ‘low risk to public health’, that is an assumption you have made with no evidence to support it. To highlight genuine concerns based on the evidence of fracking practices in America is not a ‘gross exaggeration’ of the risks. As the UK is more densly populated than America, studies from highly populated areas near fracking sites would be most useful. The fact that town after town is seeking to ban fracking is a recognition that the pracitice is unsafe and has little to no benefits for the local economies. Germany and France have banned fracking, perhaps we should look to them for an example of best practice.
Martin P Foster
Why is the government not willing to honestly tell people how much Fracking will devalue their homes, how it can contaminate their water supply, how much contaminated Frack water is just going to be pumped back directly into the ground and the negative effects it will have on people’s communities, not to mention what fumes people will have to breathe in from casual flaring.
Once people realise the detrimental realism of Fracking the vast majority will want it banned completely…
No wonder the government is having to redact the truth in their hope they can still hoodwink the British public to force this on them…
And people still believe that voting gives them a democracy, people have to do more than that, they need to make their voice heard….
Guest
So you admit he knows your post is claptrap? Neat-o.
Whatever he said has no bearing on that. lol.
Guest
Right, lower tax than offered to other extraction is magically not a profit boost. Hmm!
And yes, it’s the main North Sea fields which will suffer. And yes, I’m sure you’ll be pushing very hard for further tax cuts should it prove that you can make even more cash off it.