Mountaineer@lemmy.world to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 3 years agoVictoria bans gas connections in new homes from 2024www.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down16cross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmit.onlinemelbourne@aussie.zone
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minus-squareMountaineer@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·3 years agoBecause burning it (mostly methane) creates/releases greenhouse emissions such as CO2 and N2O.
minus-squarejonnelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·3 years agoAnd the gas itself leaks allover the distribution network, and is a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2.
minus-squareINHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 years agoFun fact: ‘natural gas’ is a filthy greenwash corporate psiop. Anything can be a gas naturally.
minus-squarea1studmuffin@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 years agoNothing beats organic grain-fed coal.
minus-squarepedro@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years agoI understand it as it’s not a byproduct of anything and it exists in this form in the nature
minus-squareINHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoIf you squint hard enough, theoretically any unnatural product could be heated to the point where it is in it’s natural gaseous state.
Because burning it (mostly methane) creates/releases greenhouse emissions such as CO2 and N2O.
And the gas itself leaks allover the distribution network, and is a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2.
Thank you.
Fun fact: ‘natural gas’ is a filthy greenwash corporate psiop.
Anything can be a gas naturally.
Nothing beats organic grain-fed coal.
I understand it as it’s not a byproduct of anything and it exists in this form in the nature
If you squint hard enough, theoretically any unnatural product could be heated to the point where it is in it’s natural gaseous state.