Think I'd rather have fracking near me than the urban sprawl, industrial estates masses of houses etc etc. Population growth is the main problem in my opinion. Also regarding solar panels, I'm sure they require exotic metals in their make up that are mined from places such as the Amazon rainforest, not sure on their lifepan but I wouldn't be surprised if they did more damage than good once they have been mined, shipped, assembled etc? They should be encouraging some investment into developing better batteries so that any surplus of energy from wind for example can be saved and used when needed