Cuadrilla shale gas drilling rig at Weeton, near Blackpool, Lancashire
the model of demand and supply, externalities, the environment/climate change
In January 2014 the prime minister of the UK announced that the country would go ‘all out for shale’. His enthusiasm for extracting gas and oil from shale rock is counterbalanced by strong public opposition to the new technology of fracking. For instance, August 2013 saw protests in Balcombe, Sussex, and Lichfield, Staffordshire, during which the Green MP Caroline Lucas was arrested.
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