Advantages:
● Many engines and appliances are designed to operate on oil, therefore to continue to extract oil would avoid large changes to many important engines: vehicles, planes, etc.
● Shale gas produces half the emissions of coal, which would reduce global emissions without completely eradicating fossil fuel use.
● A large influx of readily available shale gas would drop the price of electricity.
● The majority of shale gas is found in the US, which would improve the US’s economy and provide an alternative source to Russian oil (if political tensions between UK and Russia continue, our energy security is at risk).