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This week we're taking a closer look at the growing shale gas industry in the North West in our series "Fracking: The Big Questions". Although protestors insist the controversial technique of drilling for natural gas is unsafe, the Government and the Industry say it could stabilise energy prices as well as creating and safeguarding tens of thousands of jobs.
So what could the benefits of fracking be? 麻豆社 Radio Merseyside's Mat Trewern reports