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
The policy to raise prices was devised by Ed Miliband, Chris Huhne and
Ed Davey. I want to see prices lowered through real competition and the
ending of subsidies for costly sources of energy.
Guest
Yes, yes, keep claiming that not burdening the poor with billions in costs is supporting you. You seem to think your 1% can raise living standards by making sure the poor don’t survive, thus raising “average” living standards.
And you’re not willing to wait for that either eh? Machine guns or what?
Guest
Who cares which of your buddies did it?
Of course you want to see your *input* prices reduced by ending proper regulation, and no regulation on what you charge. And right, you want to end subsidies for anything except coal and gas, coal and gas, coal and gas…
MrJonathanHornby
I find it astonishing you trot out the barefaced lies that fracking will reduce fuel prices, you are talking tripe.
Fracking will NOT reduce UK gas prices due to (1) the small volumes of gas (in regionalmarket terms) that would be produced in the UK – that is even assuming the orignal pie in the sky estimates of recoverable gas were true [now reduced by even the BGS]. And (2) the nature of the European gas market is nothing like the US market where this nonsenseical comparison came from.
…and then you have the audacity to talk of fuel poverty.
Amusingly even the industry no longer claim such nonsense – you are both wrong and behind the times.
MrJonathanHornby
Like the huge nuclear subsidies and rigged prices you mean?
And the socialised risk of fracking?
Ok here’s one for you if fracking is so safe and you are a free marketeer, let the market decide – make all fracking firms be liable for possible clean up and idemnify themselves commercially?
If not why not?
Why should we subsidise an industry, by underwriting risks? why should an industry be able to hide behind government secrecy?
Socialisation of risk and privatiasion of profit is neither a free
market nor even capitalism it is crony capitalism, it is corporatism, it
is fascism light (and I don’t use the word in it’s perjorative sense.)