To Question Why

With so many existing industries, expansions and new companies coming on line I'm surprised that government didn't look further ahead before giving them the green light. One company in the southwest is evaluating whether to push ahead with a $1.5billion expansion to their refinery,
depending on them securing a suitable gas supply deal. The government are in the same boat there seems to be all sorts of difficulties in securing gas for our domestic supply, plus our gas fired power stations are having to run on diesel which is wonderful for the environment. (I think not)

Many will remember how government urged people to switch their home's and cars to gas, better for the environment and cheaper. At the rate gas costs have been rising there isn't anything cheap about it, so much for a gas rich state.

Griffen who is hoping to have final environmental approvals by mid-2009 for another two new coal-fired power stations possibly more into the future, one has to wonder why we aren't using gas which is far more environmentally friendly. It has also been said WA can't be over reliant on gas, so why is it were able to supply cheap gas to every other country but Australia.