Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

CSIRO: “By 2030 the LCOE ranges of both conventional coal and gas technologies as well as wind and large-scale solar converge to a common range of A$50 to A$100 per megawatt hour.” (LCOE is levelized cost of electricity)
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Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

Replacement of gas with renewables is currently unlikely. 'Rapid' growth is still very relative. According to IBIS world, AU oil&gas extraction has a revenue of $46bn and renewables have only $2bn. Natural gas production rose by 4.9% whilst ren rose by 2.1% (Aus Chief Economist Energy Update 2016)

Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

Climate Council Australia: "New renewable energy is cost competitive with new gas."

Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

Climate Council Australia: "New renewable energy is cost competitive with new gas."

Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

QLD's 3 major unconventional gas projects employed 16,000 people during construction which dropped by over 80% during operation. i.e. less than 0.13% of QLD's total workforce.

Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

QLD's 3 major unconventional gas projects employed 16,000 people during construction which dropped by over 80% during operation. i.e. less than 0.13% of QLD's total workforce.

Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

Take the NT for example, fracking will grow the economy by $17.5 billion, create 524 new jobs every year for 25 years and increase Government revenue by $3.7 billion. 135 recommendations have been made by the scientific inquiry into hydraulic fracturing led by Justice Rachel Pepper.

Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

Fracking increases the magnitudes of gas that can be captured from one well, reducing the number of wells that must be drilled and land impacts.

Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

Santos, "Despite the repeated and false claims made by anti-natural gas activists, there has been no evidence of hydraulic fracturing activities impacting shallow aquifers."

Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

"Given the nature and dilution of chemicals used in Australian operations, fracking does not impair water quality." (APPEA) “Academic and government studies in US, UK and New Zealand have shown fracking is safe.”
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Appeal To Authority

Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

Fracking fluids only comprise 'a very small' amount of common chemicals including “sodium hypochlorite and hydrochloric acid (both used in swimming pools), cellulose (used to make paper), acetic acid (the active part of vinegar)”.

Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

Solar and wind have been proven to be able to replace all coal, oil and gas within two decades (ANU) which will cover less than 1% of the world’s land surface area.

Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

According to the Australian Government's Chief economist, renewables comprised just 2.1% of the nation's total energy production, compared to natural gas at 15.6%. We are simply not in a position to convert to renewables and not invest in natural gas.

Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

“I’ve yet to see any evidence that we have a [gas] supply crisis in Australia at all.” – Australian Greens’ leader Christine Milne. Lack of supply is derived from preface of exports over domestic supply.

Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

The Australian Government has verified that fugitive emissions from oil and gas are projected to increase from 22 Mt CO2-e in 2017 to 24 Mt CO2-e in 2020.

Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

City of 1 million for 16,000 years. Australia's population is expected to rise near 40 mil by 2050. For a nation of 40 mil this is only 400 years supply, if all was kept domestic and none was exported.

Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

Methane contamination in well water sites has been proven to increase significantly with proximity to fracking sites.

Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

Federal Resources Minister, Matthew Canavan MP, assured that moratoriums were based on 'voodoo science'.

Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

ACCC (competition watchdog) chairman Rod Sims claimed, ‘New southern supply the answer for east-coast gas crisis.' Increased supply will fuel competition and reduce domestic gas prices.

Gas fracking should be banned in Australia.

There is, as articulated by the Turnbull Government, an energy 'crisis'. States with moratoriums on fracking (NSW, VIC and SA) are the cause of the energy shortage and rising prices as QLD's gas must be transported down the east-coast.