Global Warming is getting more serious because of the over use of fossil fuels. Extracting and burning coal and petrol causes the release of green house gases. These gases contribute to the level of global warming. These days, numerous countries are using Coal Seam Gas (CSG) to replace Coal and Natural Gas, since CSG will not produce Greenhouse gases. This essay will discuss the advantage of the use of coal seam gas on society and the economy. It will also discuss the drawbacks to the environment and society, including water recourses, natural environment, disease and farmers’ finance.
To begin with, the Coal Seam Gas industry has a huge potential profit. This type of industry provides numerous job opportunities. During 2010-2011, the …show more content…
The process of fracking CSG involves pumping water, sands and chemicals will be brought to the surface, affect the quality of underground water. As the town folks and agriculture are relying on the underground water (The Economist, 2012). The polluted underground water can influence health problem so they cannot be used. A report on ABC News (2011) reviewed that the greatest underground water Great Artesian Basin has been contaminated and depleted because of the extracting of CSG. In addition, the natural surroundings can be destroyed by fracking CSG. The action of extraction and pumping can cause land subsidence (Chen & Randall, 2013). Furthermore, land fragmentations will lead to a sequence of drawbacks to the agriculture. Land surfaces are destroyed, which will reduce agricultural activities and productivity, causing rises in farming costs (Chen & Randall, 2013). Also the contaminated underground water reduced the water resource. If the water is used, the crops and livestock will be poisoned; human health will be affected. This can have a financial impact on …show more content…
As Coal seam gas also named as coal-bed methane (CBM) (Hamawand & Yusaf & Hamawand, 2012), methane will leakage into the atmosphere during the extracting process. Methane is also a greenhouse gas, CSG not that serious as the traditional energy resources, but still not the cleanest energy resource. According to Carey (2012), this type of gas will also lead to air pollution. Places where freaking CSG usually measured higher levels of methane and carbon dioxide. Also, during the extraction, hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) might be released into the atmosphere. As volatile organic compounds caused exposure of chemicals for a long period and even concentrated, on short term, they can cause airway irritation, headache, nausea and dizziness. But in the long term, there can even destroy the function of organ systems, and some VOCs are known as suspected carcinogens, cancer might be caused. It means that CSG and VOCs create higher risks for poor
To begin with, the Coal Seam Gas industry has a huge potential profit. This type of industry provides numerous job opportunities. During 2010-2011, the …show more content…
The process of fracking CSG involves pumping water, sands and chemicals will be brought to the surface, affect the quality of underground water. As the town folks and agriculture are relying on the underground water (The Economist, 2012). The polluted underground water can influence health problem so they cannot be used. A report on ABC News (2011) reviewed that the greatest underground water Great Artesian Basin has been contaminated and depleted because of the extracting of CSG. In addition, the natural surroundings can be destroyed by fracking CSG. The action of extraction and pumping can cause land subsidence (Chen & Randall, 2013). Furthermore, land fragmentations will lead to a sequence of drawbacks to the agriculture. Land surfaces are destroyed, which will reduce agricultural activities and productivity, causing rises in farming costs (Chen & Randall, 2013). Also the contaminated underground water reduced the water resource. If the water is used, the crops and livestock will be poisoned; human health will be affected. This can have a financial impact on …show more content…
As Coal seam gas also named as coal-bed methane (CBM) (Hamawand & Yusaf & Hamawand, 2012), methane will leakage into the atmosphere during the extracting process. Methane is also a greenhouse gas, CSG not that serious as the traditional energy resources, but still not the cleanest energy resource. According to Carey (2012), this type of gas will also lead to air pollution. Places where freaking CSG usually measured higher levels of methane and carbon dioxide. Also, during the extraction, hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) might be released into the atmosphere. As volatile organic compounds caused exposure of chemicals for a long period and even concentrated, on short term, they can cause airway irritation, headache, nausea and dizziness. But in the long term, there can even destroy the function of organ systems, and some VOCs are known as suspected carcinogens, cancer might be caused. It means that CSG and VOCs create higher risks for poor