And now for the fishing content:- I and many other residents of Britsh Columbia (BC) are vehemently opposed to coalbed methane extraction. The Government and Industry are only interested in the almighty $ and will gladly destroy a pristine part of BC in the process. This tends to happen around some of the best fly fishing rivers in the province. CBM poses a risk to: - * Water sources contaminated by chemicals used during the extraction process, and by the unanticipated underground migration of methane. * Farmers' fields rendered useless by huge volumes of polluting water, produced during the extraction process. * Rural landscapes transformed into networks of roads, pipelines, flaring gas wells and compressor stations whose ceaseless hum has been compared to that of a large tractor. * Plummeting values of adjacent real estate. * Conservative, multi-generation farmers turned activists after the promise of land rental fees is overshadowed by ballooning industrial development rolling unchecked over private land. The Elk River near Fernie, BC and the Morice/Bulkley River near Telkwa. Please refer to the following URLs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz19W7e1eGs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uZ8CFgRR5U http://thetyee.ca/News/2006/11/14/CBM/
Sorry DonO but CBM is not wanted here. Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver, B.C. Canada -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
