http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/05/17/damn-dam-methane/ Blogging politics, culture, sociology and life from Brisvegas Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:05:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/05/17/damn-dam-methane/#comment-367910 mister z Thu, 17 May 2007 14:21:41 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/05/17/damn-dam-methane/#comment-367910 Wait, you mean there's water in some Australian reservoirs? Show me the way to these bountiful oases, I'll hitch my swag and a few empty primus bottles and beat a path to the promised land! Wait, you mean there’s water in some Australian reservoirs? Show me the way to these bountiful oases, I’ll hitch my swag and a few empty primus bottles and beat a path to the promised land!

]]> http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/05/17/damn-dam-methane/#comment-367901 pablo Thu, 17 May 2007 13:28:08 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/05/17/damn-dam-methane/#comment-367901 While a bit off the thread, methane gas extraction is becoming competitive and controversial closer to home for other reasons. In the Hunter Valley coalfields, mining companies are starting to see the advantages of using methane from coal seams for energy. At the same time, AGL is drilling for the same resource for the metropolitan market. While the mining leases are off limits to them, they are chasing private land holders for drill rights. This has particularly upset primary producers such as vineyards who say the drilling can have devastating consequences on groundwater. While a bit off the thread, methane gas extraction is becoming competitive and controversial closer to home for other reasons. In the Hunter Valley coalfields, mining companies are starting to see the advantages of using methane from coal seams for energy. At the same time, AGL is drilling for the same resource for the metropolitan market. While the mining leases are off limits to them, they are chasing private land holders for drill rights. This has particularly upset primary producers such as vineyards who say the drilling can have devastating consequences on groundwater.

]]> http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/05/17/damn-dam-methane/#comment-367854 wilful Thu, 17 May 2007 11:06:12 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/05/17/damn-dam-methane/#comment-367854 AFAIK, and it's been a little while since I last read up on this, this is particularly an issue for tropical dams, and is not relevant (doesn't really occur) for temperate dams. Also the effect only lasts for 50 years or so. So the only reservoirs you'd be looking at are recent ones in the north. AFAIK, and it’s been a little while since I last read up on this, this is particularly an issue for tropical dams, and is not relevant (doesn’t really occur) for temperate dams. Also the effect only lasts for 50 years or so. So the only reservoirs you’d be looking at are recent ones in the north.

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