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Hefley, William E.; Wang, Yongsheng

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“…Shale gas has become increasingly important as a source of energy, particularly within the United States where it accounted for 67% of natural gas production in 2015 (USEIA, 2016). At the same time, interest in shale gas as a potential source of energy has increased internationally (Hefley andWang, 2016, Stephenson, 2015); notably within the UK, which is believed to have significant reserves of shale gas (Andrews, 2013, although the proportion of these reserves that is recoverable is not yet clear), and where the government has been keen for exploration to take place (Stephenson, 2015, Conservative Party, 2015, Conservative Party, 2017. There has been no commercial extraction within the country to date, although Cuadrilla is now hydraulic fracturing at a pilot project for commercial extraction at Preston New Road in Lancashire (Walker, 2018).…”

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The structure of attitudes towards shale gas extraction in the United Kingdom

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Shale gas extraction is a highly controversial process. Despite significant proven or potential reserves, public reaction to extraction have often been negative. In some cases, this has prevented exploration. In this paper, we investigate the structure of public attitudes to shale gas extraction in the context of the United Kingdom, using a dedicated survey of 4,992 respondents. We find that public attitudes to shale gas extraction have a unidimensional structure, such that all questions about the virtues and limitations of extraction are treated as a single issue. Nonetheless, this general structure masks two distinct attitudinal structures. Those with more familiarity with shale gas have a very strong unidimensional attitudinal structure, while those with the least familiarity have a two-dimensional attitudinal structure; representing distinctions between perceived positive and negative attributes. This suggests an important role for information in conditioning responses to shale gas, a factor with implications for how government addresses policy relating to shale gas extraction.

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confidence: 99%