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Fracking support declines in UK and US
The percentage of people who support fracking is now below 50 per cent in both the UK and US and is continuing to decline. Conversely the amount of people opposed to the controversial technique continues to grow.
In the US, surveys undertaken by the Pew Research Centre show that last year the number of people nationally who supported fracking fell from 48 per cent in March to 44 per cent in September last year.
Likewise the number of people who opposed fracking jumped from 38 per cent to 49 per cent, over the same time period.
Regionally, the results are interesting too. In the Northeast of the US the opposition to fracking only increased from 46 to 51 per cent last year, whereas in the South it rose from 34 to 46 per cent, the Midwest it jumped from 32 to 48 per cent, and the West it increased from 44 to 55 per cent.
If these figures continue to rise, it could cause serious problems for the fracking revolution in the US.
Meanwhile over in the UK, the number of people in favour of fracking has fallen below 50% for the first time.
Researchers from the University of Nottingham found that just 49.8% of the British population are in favour of the controversial technique. The figure has fallen sharply since 2012, when 58 per cent were supportive.
The report concludes that “the May 2014 survey confirms that the turn against fracking for shale gas in the UK has deepened”.
Read more: http://priceofoil.org/2014/05/20/fracking-opposition-mounts-uk-us/
Source: http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/fracking-support-declines-uk-us/
