Dr Geoff Goldrick, is a science teacher at the Senior College at the Coffs Harbour Education Campus and he chats science with us each Tuesday morning at 6.20.
Well this week we talked about Coal Seam Gas, and looked at how clean it really is.
Here is a guest blog from Dr Geoff with a bit more info.
Science Behind the News
How Green is Coal Seam Gas
The rapidly expanding exploration and development of Coal Seam Gas (CSG) has inevitably led to conflict. Community concerns include alienation of agricultural land, potential impacts on water resources and the use of chemicals during ‘fracking’. On the other hand the Industry argues that CSG has the potential to earn the country significant export income, create jobs in regional areas and help us cut our greenhouse emissions. Advocates on both sides are enlisting the help of ‘science’ to support their arguments, but what does the science really tell us? We can’t deal with all of the potential issues in one program so todav I just want to look at the claim that CSG is a ‘clean’ alternative to coal.
702 ABC Sydney
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