What the frack? : everything you need to know about coal seam gas / Paddy Manning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manning, Paddy, author.

Series:

Newsouth quicke

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coalbed methane--Australia.

Coalbed methane.

Coalbed methane--Environmental aspects--Australia.

Gas extraction--Environmental aspects--Australia.

Gas extraction.

Hydraulic fracturing--Australia.

Hydraulic fracturing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, New South Wales : NewSouth Publishing, 2012.

Summary:

Australia has a new 50 billion industry. It carries unprecedented environmental risks but could be the path to energy salvation: cleaner than coal, safer than nuclear, a complement to renewables. Big oil and gas companies tell us we could be the biggest liquid natural gas exporter in the world, but greenies and farmers are united in their opposition to coal seam gas extraction on some of our most fertile agricultural lands. Will fracking thousands of coal seam gas wells 'poison our food bowl'? Will coal seam gas really help tackle climate change? Where will they be drilling next? Journalist Pa

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Acronyms""; ""Coal seam gas map""; ""1 A golden age of gas?""; ""2 Gladstone: Spoils of a boom""; ""3 Fracking: A risky business""; ""4 Is there a drop to drink?""; ""5 Worse than coal?""; ""6 Backlash: Locking the gate""; ""7 Queensland: Surat Basin or the Darling Downs?""; ""8 New South Wales: Green light for gas""; ""Conclusion: The food task versus the energy task""; ""Notes""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-74224-127-1

1-74224-615-X

OCLC:

801044992