South Africa’s telescope success may threaten gas plans

South Africa’s winning the rights to host the bulk of the world’s biggest radio telescope looks set to clash with plans to use the high-pressure pumping method fracking, which can cause earth tremors, to extract gas from its vast shale deposits.

Last week, South Africa won the rights to locate about 70% of the “Square Kilometre Array” (SKA), a $2-billion project capable of detecting signs of extraterrestrial life in the far reaches of the universe.
Go to Source