Letters: North Sea oil and shale gas will not lower prices
While it provides some domestic supply, the oil and gas extracted are sold on the international market, where prices are determined by global supply and demand, not the specific amount produced in the North Sea.
Therefore, increasing North Sea production will not directly translate to lower fuel prices for UK consumers.
Shale gas production in the UK is unlikely to significantly lower gas or electricity prices for consumers.
The UK's gas market is interconnected with international markets, making it difficult for domestic shale gas to influence prices.
Furthermore, the amount of shale gas that could be extracted is not sufficient to have a major impact on the overall gas supply.
So, shale gas policy from Reform UK is a great energy policy is a pipe dream and con based on headline-grabbing lies or not doing their homework.
A bit like their policy on dragging the boat people back into French waters, but what they haven't thought about these people will only turn away from France and head back to the UK.
Or they will travel at night, and those who survive would be lost in night-time England, unvetted and unmonitored.
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