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Local people are least able to make a rational decision in this regard. Lots of people are pro house building, but anti house building near them.
People are pro renewables, until someone wants to put a wind turbine in view of their house.
People want the thames cleaning up, but dont want any super sewer developments neart them. People want their waste collected and recycled, but don't want the tip to be near them.
I'm sure many people are pro cheaper energy bills and anti importing gas from Russia, but anti fracking near them. "I want gas for my boiler, I just don't want it to be sourced near me". There is limited clammer for good old "local Lancashire gas". Perhaps they need to work on their artisan/hipster marketing.
It's a perennial problem. Here local concerns have got mixed up with climate change protesting, and that's the problem. Protesting fracking is not going to help big picture climate change politics, so anyone doing this is wasting their time.