You what...?

Have you heard of "fracking"?  Sounds rude, doesn't it?  But in fact it's a process by which natural gas is extracted from shale, and it appears that there are substantial resources of it in the north-west, in the Blackpool area.  So what are we doing about it?  Not a lot it seems.  Why not?  Because we are committed to these hideous wind-farms, and shale-gas would be a much cheaper source of energy which would make wind-farms economically unsustainable.  Of course it would mean that we, as consumers, would benefit from lower prices, but then when did our needs ever count for anything?