Long posts don’t make the conclusions correct. And you actually need to read the posts as they don’t support your arguments.
To quote from the ABC “Mr Macfarlane's alarmist prediction of ruinously high prices unless NSW develops its coal seam gas reserves cannot be verified.”
After all the waffle from the ABC, they conclude that they cannot verify the claims from Ian MacFarlane. Not that the claims are incorrect, but that the ABC can’t determine whether they are correct or not. Surprise surprise, the ABC who has no expertise or experience in the area can’t determine an answer and you want to claim that Ian MacFarlane, which has access to the best advice in Australia, should be ignored.
I can only hope that god will protect us from the uninformed; but somehow I don’t think that is his role.
To quote from Ms Tanna “Ms Tanna said the most important way to deal with gas supply and cost was to grow exploration and production, not reserve gas or restrict exports.
“While the obvious low-hanging fruit is in NSW, the federal and Queensland governments have considerable opportunity to co-operate on improving regulatory performance,” she said”
Now Ms Tanna does not care if NSW continues to restrict CSG exploration since BG has no interests in NSW. They would be very happy if the gas prices in NSW went through the roof. BG has gas in Qld that they would swing into NSW for a sufficiently high price.
In fact there are many companies in Queensland, Victoria and South Australia that would be very happy if NSW did not developed CSG. It will enable them to charge NSW gas consumers much higher prices for their gas. In addition each of these state governments would also be very happy. NSW gas consumers currently pay the royalties to each of these states which allow them to employ more police, teachers and nurses. And if the gas price goes up it means even more royalties. As well, the rise in NSW gas prices will force manufacturing industries in NSW to shut down and maybe move to the other states where the pricing may be more attractive.
So it is a win-win for everyone other than the people of NSW.
So pick your quotes, but make sure they support your arguments and make sure you understand where their interest might lie. It would be even better if you had an understanding of the subject and could make a contribution to finding a solution rather than simply adding to the debate.
