Blackpool Gazette: ‘Fracking is great opportunity’

Shale gas is a fantastic opportunity for the UK. The industry could be worth billions of pounds to our economy, provide more than 60,000 jobs, creating financial security for more hard-working people and their families while also increasing our energy security.

This is why we want to get shale exploration moving so we can know for certain what is there and how much we can get out of the ground.

There is no question that the UK needs natural gas. It meets a third of our energy demand, and we will need it for many years to come. If we carry on the way we are, we’ll be importing 75 per cent of the gas we need by 2030.

So the decision is not about whether we do or don’t have gas, it’s how about much we should rely on gas from abroad or whether we should try to get more of it from home.

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