rehctub,
What is the anyicipated lifespan of that resource ? What percentage of the profits will need to be put aside for land rehabilitation & or, heaven forbid, unforseen disasters. All these will need to be paid for no matter what but will those who make the profits pay ? Something tells that won't be the case & it'll be us taxpayers who foot the bill as per usual with such grand schemes.
If Governments want to stimulate the economy then they should do by building infrastructure such as dams & flood canals & introduce a user pays system for all not just private enterprise & blue collar industries & put a salaies freeze on the public service as a whole for at least three terms of Government.

Indi, as for the life Spanish, it's a bit like how long is a piece of string. However, estimates are that the current gas pockets will last for at least 30 to 50 years, as most contracts with landowners (for compensation, not royalties) are fir thirty years, then, they are said to have located even larger pockets deeper than the current (400 to 700 meters) so who knows.

As for the clean up, there's not really much to clean up however I can assure you from first hand experience that the gas companies are forever improving their ways and they pay, not the tax payer. All the tax payer has to do is sit back and enjoy the royalties, as in this country the risk takers, those who own and service the land get squat for their resource, unlike the US.

I make no secrete that I am pro gas, but then again, I have also seen first hand what benefits, and problems, it brings and the fores outweigh the againsts, in my opinion.

The ones who will benefit the most are the uninvolved tax payers and residents in the cities.

rehctub,
what I'd like to know is what happens when the pressure that is holding everything up below ground, drops ? Will there be some grumbling & shaking of the ground ? Just a thought.
Anyhow, what do you think about the insane payrise for can't do & Co ?

Well, judging by the contributions maybe he is a Can-do after all. Can do as he pleases due to the apathy of constituents who can't see too much wrong with such payrises ? Perhaps a reflection of their own mentality ?
I suppose the bureaucrats are alright in their little lairs within the public service so why bother about some vital blue collar workers being laid off in favour of a few useless ALP cronies.