I have been listening to the radio a lot lately, and here in Sydney there seems to be a lot of ads from 'APIA' about NSW importing most of its gas from other states, and NSW having enough gas for 500 years, and the price increasing.

Its funny in that the ad stays away from the dangerous words 'coal seam gas' and avoids saying that gas prices would come down if they were allowed to develop more gas in NSW. It sure seems to imply that they would, in the best politician type method it can (no promises here!).

So, does anyone really care that NSW needs to import most of its gas from other states? I don't. Why would I care that it comes from somewhere else, especially as there are huge pipelines to carry the stuff from states where there is lots of gas and few people, to states where there is not as much gas and lots of people.

Is this just a political stunt by APIA to open up coal seam gas drilling in NSW?

I find this whole ad a bit insulting. I worked in AGL at one stage and I remember the big hoopla about having a giant pipeline so that you could get it from up north to down south where its needed. What's changed, or is this just another example of lobbying the public for opening up something they don't otherwise want?