The super soaraway Sun has come out in favour of shale gas - big time:
In years to come, yesterday’s announcement of the mind-boggling amounts of shale gas beneath our feet may be seen as a game-changer for Britain.
It is almost impossible to exaggerate how important it could prove for us over the next century.
Just one site has an estimated 1,300 trillion cubic feet of the stuff. That could theoretically supply us for 433 years. Even if we can only extract ten per cent it’ll last half a century.
It would be the biggest site in Europe. Alone it would make the UK a world leader in shale production.
Experts believe there will be other sites too — and far greater reserves off our coasts.
Depending on how much we can extract, shale is potentially bigger for us than North Sea oil.