We can understand the desperate comments in The Northern Daily Leader on April 25 come as a result of the media following the longest protest recently held across NSW and Queensland, but ethically Santos should stop making statements that are meant to mislead or deceive.

The desperation to engender support for Santos’ Narrabri project is obviously overriding common sense. 

The comments are becoming so desperate that anyone who has familiarised themselves with on-going gas supply for this state would be quietly chuckling at Santos’ expense.

Unfortunately these comments fall under the heading of “scare- mongering”. 

The Australia Institute released a report earler in April which shows that the demand for gas could halve within a decade and questions the need for additional gas networks in NSW. 

The report also pointed out that if unnecessary gas infrastructure is built on the basis of inflated gas demand projections, unnecessary network costs will be passed on to NSW households and businesses. 

A similar scenario has happened with electricity prices over the last few years. The Australian Energy Market Operator, on page 9 of a report released in early 2015, predicts no supply gaps in gas supply for NSW. 

There will be no gas supply shortfall (in the future). 

A protest covering over 2800 kilometres across NSW and Queensland demonstrates the level of opposition to any further development of coal seam gas extraction.

You do not have community support for your Narrabri project.

In Queensland Senator Glen Lazarus’ petition has over 51,000 signatures from people calling for a royal commission into the whole CSG industry.

In America the headlines are now about how to clean up the mess left behind after CSG companies leave an area.