LEP: Shale gas support and opposition ‘balanced’

A new online poll of 1,000 respondents found 36 per cent in favour of shale gas extraction and 40 per cent opposed. But a further 24 per cent are “don’t knows”.

The poll, conducted by Usurv.com asked participants “Should fracking go ahead in the UK?” with four responses to choose from.

It found that 25 per cent of respondents said yes, fracking should go ahead in the UK. A further 11 per cent also said yes – but qualified this support by saying they wouldn’t want it where they live. Just over 24 per cent appeared agnostic, saying they didn’t know whether fracking should take place in the UK, with slightly under 40 per cent of respondents saying it shouldn’t.

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