by hvpa318 » Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:16 am
Whilst on the one hand attempting to show a green and environmentally friendly face to its shareholders and the general public by buying wind farm developments, AGL ENERGY is still chasing fossil fuels, and in so doing is threatening the very existence of the rural town of Broke in the Hunter Valley by seeking to develop a methane gas extraction field 200 metres from the village and 300 metres from the Broke primary school, with the attendant risks of depletion and contamination of the water tables relied upon by the village residents and the agriculturists for their livelihoods and their lifestyle. Worldwide experience proves that coal seam methane gas exploration and extraction cannot only deplete and contaminate ground water, escaping and migrating methane gas: is 20 times more powerful as a global warming blanket than Carbon Dioxide; can sterilise soil and earth; can explode; increases global warming; can suffocate residents if it migrates into houses; when burnt still gives off 60% of the Carbon Dioxide as burning coal.
AGL ENERGY has ignored the objections of the local Hunter Valley community, which has refused AGL ENERGY access to its private landholdings, and is purchasing land to conduct its coal seam methane gas exploration.
It appears that AGL ENERGY is pretending to be "green" on the surface, but has a black underbelly.