On the one hand, fracking sounds as though it will make the UK self-sufficient in energy for some decades which is not to be sniffed at, and any chance to stick up a middle digit at Putin is very tempting indeed.
It will bring jobs to the North, proper full time jobs that might even pay a decent wage.
It might even bring energy costs down but on that point I await being convinced as energy, like anything else, is priced at what you can sell it for, not for how much it costs to extract.
On the other hand, it's another fossil fuel, supply is huge but nonetheless finite and burning it will contribute to global warming, so it is not a panacea.
Local communities are being primed with suggestions that they might get some cash if a well is in their locale ... TBH I'd need more than a small amount of cash to buy a playing field to offset my concerns if I thought that my house was going to lose value or there were going to be earth tremors, pollution etc etc
It's going to be interesting.
