My 2nd hour guest in today’s show is Brian Monk, a farmer from Queensland who has become a vocal and passionate critic of the Coal Seam Gas (CSG) industry in Australia.
Brian is a member of the Lock the Gate Alliance, whose mission statement we present below:
The mission of the Lock the Gate Alliance is to protect Australia’s natural, environmental, cultural and agricultural resources from inappropriate mining and to educate and empower all Australians to demand sustainable solutions to food and energy production. We are working in our local communities: home by home, road by road, to lock the gate and protect our land, water and future.
The movement against coal seam gas in Australia is very broad, and the concerns people have raised cut across many different issues, such as:
- property rights
- public health
- government corruption
- scientific fraud
In the show today Brian Monk describes his own personal experiences with the CSG representatives who demanded access to his property and his ongoing legal battles.
Brian talks about the contamination of his own and other water bores, which leads to flammable gas bubbling up in the water.
Brian also talks at length about the health problems experienced by many people who live in the vicintiy of CSG wells and gives his critique of the government-funded scientific investigations which he sees as deeply flawed and corrupted by lobbyists for the mining industry.
During the show we also discuss the whole problem of rampant dishonesty in government and science and the psychological characteristics of people who are willing to tell lies and sell out their country for a few dollars.
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