Australia’s resources minister heaps warm praise on gas as industry PR spree masks doubts about future | Temperature Check

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Madeleine King says gas can help decarbonise the economy but not even big users of the fossil fuel are convinced

While it’s true that fossil fuels are a big part of heavy industry, some of the biggest mining companies are saying – unlike King – that they are looking for change.

At the same time, at least one of those companies – Woodside – has plans to rapidly expand fossil fuel production. Contradictions all around?last week said “more than 60% of Victorians” believed gas had an “important role to play in Australia’s transition to net zero carbon dioxide emissions”. Goot told Temperature Check they were written in a way that bore “some of the hallmarks of advocacy polling” and tended to encourage the reader to give an “affirmative response”.One question said: “Prime Minister Anthony Albanese recently said gas has a key role to play in our transition to renewable energy and will help smooth the shift to renewables.

A second question said: “Renewable gases are produced using natural biological processes, or converting water to hydrogen and oxygen using renewable energy. They are net-zero gases and can be used to replace natural gas in homes and businesses. What is your attitude toward using renewable gas in your home?”

 

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Keep it here it ours not some foreign mega corp making billions and not paying tax

gas was the interim solution to coal burning 30 years ago when every taxi ran on it for peanuts ,but they kept expanding coal even though they knew of the dangers , they being everyone

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