Comments on: Fracking Problems in Australia and Elsewhere https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2012/11/11/fracking-problems-in-australia-and-elsewhere/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brian Monk https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2012/11/11/fracking-problems-in-australia-and-elsewhere/#comment-13648 Brian Monk Tue, 13 Nov 2012 07:45:14 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=6682#comment-13648 Randal you are so right on so many issues, the coal is close to the surface, so close in fact that methane is migrating through 6 separate areas is the Condamine river. This river feeds into our massive Murray/Darling river network that runs from Qld to South Australia, probably 1500 miles or more. The methane is also migrating through the surface of the ground, some areas reporting hundreds of times the expected background levels. Owners of land have no right to refuse access to companies and receive very little per well per year rental, some as low as $250 dollars. Owners over here a resorting to Lock the Gate tactics and will no doubt eventually have to take a case to the Australian High Court. The companies are also pumping water into the river networks but when unable to treat it to safe drinking water standards had the Environmental Authority relaxed so it can be drinkable once mixed into the river. Im sure this corruption is well known to exist over there as well and I guess when you search, you see the same corruption everywhere the industry operates throughout the world. People at some time need to wake up to the destructive peril of this industry and its main proponents who dabble in any evil to make money. Thanks for listening, brian Randal you are so right on so many issues, the coal is close to the surface, so close in fact that methane is migrating through 6 separate areas is the Condamine river. This river feeds into our massive Murray/Darling river network that runs from Qld to South Australia, probably 1500 miles or more. The methane is also migrating through the surface of the ground, some areas reporting hundreds of times the expected background levels. Owners of land have no right to refuse access to companies and receive very little per well per year rental, some as low as $250 dollars. Owners over here a resorting to Lock the Gate tactics and will no doubt eventually have to take a case to the Australian High Court. The companies are also pumping water into the river networks but when unable to treat it to safe drinking water standards had the Environmental Authority relaxed so it can be drinkable once mixed into the river. Im sure this corruption is well known to exist over there as well and I guess when you search, you see the same corruption everywhere the industry operates throughout the world. People at some time need to wake up to the destructive peril of this industry and its main proponents who dabble in any evil to make money. Thanks for listening, brian

]]> By: ruth forsythe https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2012/11/11/fracking-problems-in-australia-and-elsewhere/#comment-13639 ruth forsythe Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:42:12 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=6682#comment-13639 This is a great article Tom you have done some comphrehesive clear research into the situation I would be honoured if you would read an older article of mine about mining in QLD and please share in any way that is helpful - keep going - Ruth http://www.independentaustralia.net/2012/australian-identity/australian-national-endangered-treasures/ This is a great article Tom you have done some comphrehesive clear research into the situation I would be honoured if you would read an older article of mine about mining in QLD and please share in any way that is helpful – keep going – Ruth

http://www.independentaustralia.net/2012/australian-identity/australian-national-endangered-treasures/

]]> By: Randal S Mick https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2012/11/11/fracking-problems-in-australia-and-elsewhere/#comment-13575 Randal S Mick Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:35:52 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=6682#comment-13575 From what I understand in Australia they are drilling coal/methane wells. The problem is it is very shallow, not far from the surface. This means the pollution is right at the level of the water aquifers. The other issue is coal and other close formations have a high level of porosity. Meaning that it will fracture under very little pressure and thus allow contaminents to travel further and far easier. I know the Chinese want this energy source, but it is a play of an area underpopulated where the landowners depend on surface/well water for themselves and livestock. From my understanding, the government is the one that sold the minerals and the landowners didnt have a choice, if thats true then it is even more criminal. This seems like familiar ground for those of us in the land of Marcellus shale. From what I understand in Australia they are drilling coal/methane wells. The problem is it is very shallow, not far from the surface. This means the pollution is right at the level of the water aquifers. The other issue is coal and other close formations have a high level of porosity. Meaning that it will fracture under very little pressure and thus allow contaminents to travel further and far easier. I know the Chinese want this energy source, but it is a play of an area underpopulated where the landowners depend on surface/well water for themselves and livestock. From my understanding, the government is the one that sold the minerals and the landowners didnt have a choice, if thats true then it is even more criminal. This seems like familiar ground for those of us in the land of Marcellus shale.

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