This non-profit-making organisation wants to prevent the wide scale pollution which accompanies exploration.
"The choice of making a financial commitment to stand up against fracking is one that needs to be made." In a direct appeal for financial support, Dr Jonathan Deal of TKAG reiterates the direct impact that fracking (hydraulic fracturing) will have on the region:
- it is banned or restricted in more than 90 places and five countries world-wide
- it has only been practised in its current form in the United States for about 12 years
- it is enormously water-thirsty: 640 million litres to frack the wells on one 'well pad' once
- it is known to have caused pollution of underground water aquifers
- it releases natural gas, a fossil fuel that significantly contributes to climate change
- it has been proven to cause earthquakes
- it has many negative effects above ground, causing air, light, noise and dust pollution
- it disrupts agricultural activities and causes damage to environment allied jobs, such as tourism
- it is characterised by high input, rapidly depleting wells, which means that resources are consumed like diesel and water; neither the well, nor the short-term work allied to it is sustainable.it is limited by the simple and inescapable facts of where the gas lies: it is about 5 000m under the ground and the only way to release and extract gas now - and in the future - will be through fracking
TKAG Chairman, Jonathan Deal (076 838 5150) is available to address any interested groups on the latest Shalegas exploration information.
