Moderator shares his thoughts on Coal Seam Gas Q&A forum

“The task we took on at the forum was to ‘close the gap’, between the lack of factual information, and the claims being made by the anti-coal seam gas groups,” said David Shepard, Moderator of the recent Coal Seam Gas Q&A Forum at the Johns River Hall.

“W’e’ve just finished going over the complete and lengthy transcript, and it bears striking witness to our initial impressions on the day.”

“When you go through it - and I invite anyone with an interest to do so — you can see there was a great deal of oratory from Mr. Peter Epov of the Manning Alliance and other speakers against coal seam gas, but not alot of substance, particularly in responding to the policies and practices of CSG operations in our area.

“There seems to be no thought about a cohesive energy plan at all amongst the anti-coal seam gas activists, just a ‘not-in-my-backyard mentality’, closed off to the scientific, regulatory and operational facts concluded Mr. Shepard about the anti-coal seam gas opposition on offer.

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