Young people energised by renewables – The Herald (letters)

Young people are much more in favour of renewables than fracking for shale,
a poll suggests.

The survey revealed that 18 to 24-year-olds who were aware of fracking
wanted the Government to develop other sources of energy in the UK, with 44
per cent backing solar energy as one of the technologies they most
favoured, with 41 per cent for wind and 38 per cent for tidal power. Shale
gas from fracking was a favoured top energy source for just 10 per cent of
those questioned, above conventional gas on 2 per cent, the poll by YouGov
found.

Asked which type of energy they were least in favour of, young people put
shale gas top of the list, with 45 per cent labelling it one of the most
undesirable sources of power.