A leading scientist   has make out out to say that womanhood often do not understand fracking because they make decisiveness based on gut feeling   and emotions , rather than fact .

In an consultation withThe Timesnewspaper , Averil Macdonald said “ Not only do [ women ] show more of a concern about fracking , they also know that they do n’t do it and they do n’t understand . ”

Averil Macdonald is the chairman of U.K. Onshore Oil and Gas – a U.K. eubstance representing the onshore industry and anardent help of fracking . Along with her long list of accolade , she is also a professor of science communicating at the University of Reading and a panel penis of Women in Science and Engineering ( WISE ) .

She went on to say , “ Women are always implicated about threats to their family unit more than men . We are naturally protective of our children . I would similarly be pertain but I register the literature and I feel comfortable that I realise .

“ [ Men ] will say , ‘ fair enough , understand . ’   But women , for whatever reason , have not been persuade by the facts . More facts are not go to make any difference . ”

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— Louise Haigh MP ( @LouHaigh)October 23 , 2015

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— Bianca Jagger ( @BiancaJagger)October 23 , 2015

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When accept her stead as chairwoman of the U.K. Onshore Oil and Gas , Macdonaldsaidshe will use “ clear , accurate software of scientific evidence to help assure local community that reserves of British lifelike gas can be developed safe and with the lower limit of environmental impingement and that UK gas supplies are part of a tenacious condition sustainable solvent and not just a stop gap . "

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