Guardian: Australia could be sitting on more than 1,000tn cubic feet of untapped shale gas, but effective environmental regulations and a fall in costs are needed before this resource can be fully exploited, according to a new report.
The Australian Council of Learned Academies study found that while Australia had huge deposits of gas, it would "not be cheap gas in most circumstances' and would have a slightly higher rate of carbon emissions than standard gas, albeit significantly less than coal-fired power....