Boris Johnson Open to Fracking Beneath London to Keep Lights On

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London Mayor Boris Johnson said he’s open to fracking for gas under the U.K. capital to meet the city’s demand for energy.

The headroom between energy supply and demand will drop to just 2 percent in two years, which will force some industries not to operate at peak times, Johnson said in a letter published in the Times newspaper today.