LEFT: Could this be what our countryside will be turned into?
A Shale Gas mine in the USA
Eden Energy of Australia, who are in partnership with the south-Wales based Coastal Oil and Gas Ltd, released a report that estimated that there could be £70 billion of shale gas underground in south Wales.
see story here
The Map below indicates the Area (red) as in the Vale of Glammorgan between Cardiff West and Swansea and the lower reaches of the Rhondda.
If the go-ahead is given then the value of the Gas on the world markets would be the quivelent of 7 years of Westminster funding to the Welsh Assembley.
HOWEVER: There are many complex investigations (political, environmental and economically) which will obviously need to be considered first. Also, 2 major questions above all need clarity:
1. Who Ownes the Gas - is it the people of Wales, the UK Government who still controlls our Energy laws - or the gas companies???
see news report by First Minister
2. What are the dangers of Shale Gas?
click here
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