Jobs in fracking?

Is there anyone who can explain to me about the ‘job opportunities’ argument mentioned by pro-fracking people?

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You recently had two articles about shale gas (7 September, pg 26). My question is, if shale gas is replacing coal, will there not be significant job losses in the coal mines? And will the job losses of the miners not exceed the supposed ‘significant job opportunities’ of fracking?