Poll shows 63% not opposed to fracking
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The British public remains deeply divided over whether fracking should be allowed to go ahead in the UK despite the Government’s attempts to promote it as a way of improving energy security and cutting prices, new research suggests.
A survey by Opinium for Govtoday has revealed that 37% of adults are opposed to the exploitation of shale gas reserves while only 25% are in favour. However, as many as 28% describe themselves as neither in favour nor opposed to the controversial drilling technique, and another 10% ‘don’t know’.
The results, published on the day of Govtoday’s Fracking conference in London, show that scepticism among the public is growing – with a previous poll in August 2013 putting support for fracking higher at 32% and opposition at the lower figure of 33%.
The polling also shows the effect of nimbyism, with support for fracking falling to just 19% when respondents were asked whether they would be happy to see it in their local area. In that scenario, opposition ri...
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