{"id":4623,"date":"2015-04-01T07:18:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T21:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=4623"},"modified":"2017-04-19T14:38:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T04:08:47","slug":"abbott-accepts-gift-of-coal-seam-gas-well-at-kirribilli-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/abbott-accepts-gift-of-coal-seam-gas-well-at-kirribilli-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbott accepts gift of Coal Seam Gas well at Kirribilli House"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4625\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kirribilli-house-csg-well.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4625\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kirribilli-house-csg-well.jpg\" alt=\"csg well at kirribilli house\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artists impression of the proposed well<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>1 April 2015:<\/strong> Tony Abbott announced today that he has accepted the &#8216;very kind&#8217; gift of a free Coal Seam Gas Well to be installed on the front lawn of Kirribilli House.<\/p>\n<p>The offer from the &#8216;Concerned Oil, Diesel &amp; Gas Executives Rejecting Solar&#8221; (CODGERS) to come and frack every last molecule of gas from beneath his official Sydney residence was confirmed by the PM at a press conference this morning:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Yes &#8211; I can confirm that I have accepted this very kind offer from the CODGERS. \u00a0I look forward to watching the fracking commence and coming home every night to that sweet, sweet smell of fugitive methane&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This comes just 2 weeks after Abbott rejected the offer of free solar panels + installation from a group of concerned Christians <a href=\"http:\/\/reneweconomy.com.au\/2015\/abbott-rejects-christian-solar-gift-due-to-security-concerns-cleaning-costs-89515\">citing\u00a0security concerns and cleaning costs<\/a> (of $4 per panel per year).<\/p>\n<p>When asked what he will do with all the fracked gas that the well will generate the PM responded:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Great Question! 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