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Do you support the use of hydraulic fracking to extract oil and natural gas resources?

According to estimates, England uses 1.1 billion single-use plates and 4.25 billion items of single-use cutlery — most of which are plastic — per year, but only 10% are recycled upon disposal. In April 2022 the U.K. government introduced a plastic packaging tax from April 2022, set at £200 per tonne, on plastic packaging which doesn’t meet a minimum threshold of at least 30% recycled content. In October 2022 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak banned fracking in the U.K., reversing a decision made by his predecessor Liz Truss, as the new British leader returned to a 2019 Conservative Party manifesto pledge.

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30%
Yes
70%
No
24%
Yes
51%
No
4%
Yes, but not in heavily populated areas
12%
No, we should pursue more sustainable energy resources instead
2%
Yes, but increase oversight
6%
No, more research is needed to measure the long term effects of fracking

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 @5DTCF9Lanswered…6yrs6Y

As a last resort in the face of global crisis such as a multi year winter

 @BF22TLRanswered…2wks2W

No, fracking should be used for permanent and zero carbon geothermal power instead

 @BDZW44Banswered…2wks2W

I support it being allowed, but I don’t particularly think it’s particularly useful.

 @BDS7K3Ganswered…4wks4W

Yes, but only in the short-term. Long-term we need to aggressively invest in green energy such as solar, tidal, hydro, wind, and nuclear.

 @BDRX5WYanswered…4wks4W

Yes, until sustainable energy is established.

 @BDFJXKQanswered…2mos2MO

Yes, as a temporary stop-gap until nuclear energy infrastructure can be more widely built, and so long as it is not in populated areas.

 @BCZJP99answered…2mos2MO

I could consider it only if it allows bills to lower and has a positive effect on the economy, it must also not be done neat people's houses.

 @BCRH9QSanswered…2mos2MO

No, there is not enough research on the long-term effects and we should pursue renewable energy instead.

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