This 2013 survey displays adults' perception of fracking and what effect they think this way of shale gas extraction might have on the energy costs in the United Kingdom (UK). A third of respondents said there would be neither positive nor negative effects caused by fracking, whereas over a third of the surveyed said they thought this technology would improve the energy cost situation in the UK.
To what extent do you think that fracking to extract shale gas would have a positive or negative effect on people's energy bills?
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Ipsos. (March 3, 2014). To what extent do you think that fracking to extract shale gas would have a positive or negative effect on people's energy bills? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/318511/united-kingdom-uk-survey-fracking-shale-gas-energy-prices-impact/
Ipsos. "To what extent do you think that fracking to extract shale gas would have a positive or negative effect on people's energy bills?." Chart. March 3, 2014. Statista. Accessed March 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/318511/united-kingdom-uk-survey-fracking-shale-gas-energy-prices-impact/
Ipsos. (2014). To what extent do you think that fracking to extract shale gas would have a positive or negative effect on people's energy bills?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/318511/united-kingdom-uk-survey-fracking-shale-gas-energy-prices-impact/
Ipsos. "To What Extent Do You Think That Fracking to Extract Shale Gas Would Have a Positive or Negative Effect on People's Energy Bills?." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Mar 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/318511/united-kingdom-uk-survey-fracking-shale-gas-energy-prices-impact/
Ipsos, To what extent do you think that fracking to extract shale gas would have a positive or negative effect on people's energy bills? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/318511/united-kingdom-uk-survey-fracking-shale-gas-energy-prices-impact/ (last visited March 14, 2025)
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