The facts in this article are few nd far between. Firstly...

The facts in this article are few nd far between. Firstly fraccing does not involve pumping highly pressured gas, like liquid nitrogen into wells. Fraccing fluid is 99% water and sand and 1% chemicals that one can find in toothpaste, and sports drinks.
The fractures created are about 100 meters in length and between 1 and 10 millimeters wide.
Fraccing has been an exploration activity for over 60 years on more then 2 million gas wells.

Secondly, any fraccing of underground coal seam occurs hundreds of meters below any aquifers and in the case of tight gas thousands of meters below acquifiers.
Thirdly, the comment regarding fugitive gas escaping from wells is a major concern is to say the fumes escaping from the petrol pump when filling the family car are a major concern.

The ABC removed factually incorrect materials from their anti gas www
pages and this article continues the ABC failure to check fact before publishing.

The environmental regulations for extracting CSG in QLD are covered by over 1500 conditions and in Victoria the environmental and regulatory regime is exhaustive and to obtain approvals takes at least a year for a single well.

In terms of water security, to the best of my knowledge there has not been a single incident where gas elorations have intersected acquifiers and caused damage to same.

The gap between fact and myth in the CSG debate is alarming and it's timemfor a fact based debate not a rhetorical, hysterical faceless campaign run those who seem to believe that an end to fossil fuel extraction and a conversion to renewables is the panacea for energy generation. In Victoria Loy Yang power extract and burn 65 million tone of brown coal a year, enough to fill about 40 MCG's. If this is a preferred environmental option to gas extraction where one gas well occupies 15x15 meters and can replace burning brown coal then we really do have a serious lack of understanding of environmental impacts!

Farmers have the right to refuse entry to their property.not a single exploration activity can take place until a compensation agreement has been signed and signifiant compensation paid. The beneficial outcomes can also often include new fences, gets roads and dams.

In Queensland there are farmers earning six figure sums annually from gas exploration while coexisting with gas operations.
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