The Victorian government will ban gas connections to new homes and residential subdivisions from January 1 next year.
    • Mountaineer@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      201·
      2 years ago

      Because burning it (mostly methane) creates/releases greenhouse emissions such as CO2 and N2O.

      • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
        181·
        2 years ago

        And the gas itself leaks allover the distribution network, and is a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2.

        • INHALE_VEGETABLESEnglish
          15·
          2 years ago

          Fun fact: ‘natural gas’ is a filthy greenwash corporate psiop.

          Anything can be a gas naturally.

          • pedro@lemm.ee
            3·
            2 years ago

            I understand it as it’s not a byproduct of anything and it exists in this form in the nature

            • INHALE_VEGETABLES
              1·
              2 years ago

              If you squint hard enough, theoretically any unnatural product could be heated to the point where it is in it’s natural gaseous state.