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Radio Merseyside,3 mins

Fracking: The Big Questions

Tony Snell

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All this week here on BBC Radio Merseyside we're taking a closer look at the issue in our series called "Fracking: The Big Questions". Critics insist fracking is dangerous but the Government says exploiting shale gas reserves could help keep our energy bills down. In the first of his reports, BBC Radio Merseyside's Mat Trewern looks at where we get our energy from now, where we may get it from in the future - and what it all means to you:

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