The Great Natural De-Gas

The flame is flickering for residential gas.

By 2030, ALL homes will be compelled to convert their fossil gas use to electricity - due to both the increasing cost of gas and as part of our need to restrict global warming to +1.5°C > 2005 levels.

Read on for the Why, What, Which to fully electrify your household, ahead of the approaching demand/supply bottleneck.

Why electrify your gas appliances?

Why is methane more harmful than coal?

What is 'Natural' Gas?

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Methane has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years after it leeches to the atmosphere. So methane sets the pace for warming in the near term and atmospheric concentration of methane is increasing faster now than at any time since the 1980s.

Cutting methane emissions is the fastest opportunity we have to slow the rate of global warming, that reductions in carbon dioxide cannot provide on its own.

To restrict Global Warming to +1.5C, in addition to sharp reductions in coal and petrol consumption, we must also eliminate natural gas extraction and use by 2030.

The rising price of natural gas

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'Natural' gas is one of the great branding success stories of the 20th century. The implication of a product being 'natural' is that it is unadulterated and healthy - the purity of Mother Nature bottled. This is largely applied to food, & beverage, beauty and health products.

Natural Gas is a different beast. It is literally a 'natural' product in that it is found underground - just like coal and uranium - but when mined and consumed, ends up being toxic for humanity and the planet.

In its natural state this fossil formed gas is actually a composite of methane (70-90%) with lesser amounts of ethane, propane & butane. The natural town gas that households burn is actually distilled methane with the remaining secondary 'wet' gases extracted.

It's easy to agree that methane is a more problematic product to market than natural gas!

Extracting fossil gas today is much more expensive to extract, requiring the fracking of deeper deposits of shale.

At the same time Australia's gas exports have grown 6x fold leaving less for domestic use.. Between 2015-2020 the domestic price for gas grew 130% due to the need to import more expensive gas to meet domestic needs. Also now, a shortage of global supply due to market instability has seen prices rise +50% over the first half of 2022.

This has impacted on domestic gas use with less households using gas for household heating. Sales of electric induction cooktops are also now skyrocketing.