Actually what I fear is that the corporate brainwashing of government policy makers by the energy agencies and the oil and gas industry is causing leaders around the world to implement development decisions without fully considering all of the issues. The oil and gas industry have manipulated the thinking of governments since the industrial revolution and they continue to do so. An example is that the hundreds of thousands of jobs promised by Shell were based on 485tcf, yet even though PASA's David van der Spuy announced in 2013 that the reserves were closer to 30tcf, no one from Shell or the government have bothered to correct this (now provable) untruth. Even the Minister of Minerals a few months ago in a so-called 'public consultation' (Zuma style) was telling local communities about all the jobs.

Please remember that when SA was gripped by energy hysteria in 2011 (when many wanted fracking full speed) it may have been a false crisis created to swell the Zupta coffers.