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
So we should have been doing things which didn’t exist. Er….modern fracking wasn’t around back then.
Competition is no magic bullet, you need a free market, and of course you think saving cash is suicide!
(Yes, we need nuclear power – to protect against your kind of silliness)
Guest
No, those are propaganda websites. You should be linking geological surveys and DOI’s, but oddly enough there’s less support there for you.
Leon Wolfeson
“Might” be useful…to the energy companies, but as things stand there’s no upside for customers as the RO system guarantees an energy price escalator, and the significant risks have been taken on by the government, not the companies fracking – there is very little incentive for them to follow safe practice if it slows them down.
Guest
No harm in damage, right.
And no, it’s partly at the public expense, under private land. You will then make a bigger profit, and prices for energy will not drop. Moreover, as it’d replace North Sea gas (which is higher tax), we’d see zero reductions in emissions, and you have not talked about changing the RO system to allow price drops for a reason.
Then you discount the answer with your hostility to it, as you push for coal and gas, for your personal profits.
Guest
You don’t understand madness? Well, who knew!