The level of awareness of UK residents almost doubled between 2012 and 2021. A 2021 survey conducted by the UK Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) found that 57 percent of UK's residents have some knowledge of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) as a method of extracting shale gas to generate heat and electricity. This is an increase compared to 32 percent of respondents in 2012. By comparison, 15 percent of UK's residents never heard of fracking in 2021.
Knowledge of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas before today*
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UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (May 13, 2021). Knowledge of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas before today* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/426978/united-kingdom-uk-fracking-awareness/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Knowledge of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas before today*." Chart. May 13, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/426978/united-kingdom-uk-fracking-awareness/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2021). Knowledge of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas before today*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/426978/united-kingdom-uk-fracking-awareness/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Knowledge of Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Gas before Today*." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/426978/united-kingdom-uk-fracking-awareness/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Knowledge of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas before today* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/426978/united-kingdom-uk-fracking-awareness/ (last visited April 26, 2024)
Knowledge of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas before today* [Graph], UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, May 13, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/426978/united-kingdom-uk-fracking-awareness/