GAS GAME CHANGER
To the Editor,
All kudos to the Greater Shepparton City Council for being one of the 31 Victorian local governments calling on our state government for planning laws to be amended to allow them to ban gas on new developments. Burning gas produces 16 percent of Victoria’s total emissions and home use accounts for two-thirds of those. In addition, bright sparks are getting off the gas in droves. This means the rapidly rising cost of gas, and gas infrastructure will fall to those who either choose to burn, or like renters, may have no choice. Not good for the environment nor equity. As we race to a safer, decarbonised world, supporting gas use and gas infrastructure is no longer a defendable nor ethical choice.
Yours sincerely,
Karen Campbell
Geelong, VIC
