The government intends developing 20 per cent of Australia's energy needs from alternative pollution-free sources by 2020. There are various options involved in this plan including wind, hydro, solar, geothermal, tidal and biomass energy from methane gas. Recently citizens of Yass had an opportunity to hear about another energy alternative - coal seam gas.
To obviate some of the myths that accompanied the installation of wind turbines (where one anti-wind owner swore the turbines were actually advancing on his property, fearing they'd soon be in his backyard!) the National Party invited Geoffrey King, an international legal consultant with a very considerable knowledge of coal seam gas, to speak.
While coal seam gas production and commercialisation has developed over more than 30 years, legislative control has only occurred since its first commercial production and controversies (particularly in Queensland) demonstrate that it is risky for governments not to have an effective and detailed regulatory regime for its control.
Yass Tribune
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