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They are probably not demonstrating against AGLs solar business!<\/p><\/div>\n

photo credit: flickr –\u00a0kateausburn<\/a><\/p>\n

Unless you\u2019ve been living a hermit\u2019s\u00a0existence with no access to news outlets, the Internet or NSW premier Barry \u201cBumper\u201d O\u2019Farrell’s rants you\u2019ll have heard the constant chorus “Frack Off!\u201d being directed at the (not-so-green) gas industry led by AGL. The choice insult refers of course to the gas industry\u2019s latest controversial method of extracting gas by fracturing deeply buried rock using a pressurised fluid.<\/p>\n

The very legitimate concerns from ordinary folk — you know the ones who have to breathe the fumes and drink the poisoned water — occur when the so-called harmless \u201cfracturing\u201d causes vast environmental damage such as contamination of groundwater supplies and health problems caused by escaping gas. Over the last year or so opponents have ramped up their campaign to combat the gas industry\u2019s propaganda that fracking is safe.<\/p>\n

Hence the unofficial \u201cFrack Off\u201d campaign.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the real question though is: why are we having this debate at all. Gas, as a fossil fuel, is probably mildly less damaging to the environment than our good mate coal but is nonetheless polluting and, as the reports show, the fracking version of extraction is an environmental nightmare.<\/p>\n

So why not go a step further. How\u2019s \u201cFrack Off fossil fuels and Hello Sun\u201d sound? The chant has a nice ring to it, suited nicely to marches and protests and easy enough for folks to absorb. Even News Ltd journos could get the gist? Or is that asking too much? Importantly though it encapsulates where our thinking for our energy sources should be.<\/p>\n

Instead of even considering fracking as a new form of fossil fuel extraction (the technology is actually quite a few decades old, but its use has grown in the past few years) surely we should be looking at, and encouraging, more investment in renewable sources such as solar and wind energy?<\/p>\n

One of the key drawbacks of fracking for gas (other than of course a whole laundry list of environmental nasties) is the fact that it will bring more cheap fossil fuel available on the energy market. Without trying to generalise here, many major polluters couldn\u2019t give a frack about water contamination, peoples\u2019 health, global warming or the environment so long as they get access to cheap electricity. Consequently the demand for renewables such as solar energy will drop.<\/p>\n

And of course with the blinkered thinking of many of our elected representatives on both sides of the political fence in both state and federal parliaments, we may see them tripping over themselves to extend current fossil fuel subsidies to fracking.<\/p>\n

Doesn\u2019t bear thinking about does it?<\/p>\n

So start organising with like-minded friends and tell your MP to \u201cFrack Off Fossil Fuel\u201d and \u201cHello Sun\u201d. And tell them SQHQ sent you.<\/p>\n

Comments? Curses? Have a go at our legendary Facebook Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The Final Report from The Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracturing, released late last month, signified the end of a long investigation into the associated\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fracking in the Northern Territory","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fracking-northern-territory.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fracking-northern-territory.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fracking-northern-territory.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fracking-northern-territory.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10945,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australia-fracking-moratorium-mb0017\/","url_meta":{"origin":2415,"position":4},"title":"Australians Continue To Say Frack Off","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"May 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"New polling indicates far more than double the percentage of Australians support moratoriums on the controversial practice of fracking compared to those who oppose them. Fracking is the process of injecting water, sand and chemicals at high pressure underground in an effort to force open cracks in a coal seam\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fracking moratoriums in Australia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fracking-moratorium-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fracking-moratorium-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fracking-moratorium-australia.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":26144,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-fracking-renewables-mb0842\/","url_meta":{"origin":2415,"position":5},"title":"WA’s Government Promises Renewables From Fracking Cash","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"November 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Western Australia's McGowan Government has announced it has lifted a moratorium on fracking, but assures everyone things will be A-OK and has dangled a renewable energy carrot. WA joins the Northern Territory, which also lifted a moratorium on fracking earlier this year. 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