Opinion: We now know gas is far from the clean fuel it's claimed to be
Big energy has been downgrading oil and gas assets, scared they will be stranded, and not just because of COVID-19 market conditions.; as the science mounts, gas will probably get the same attention, at first gradually, then with some speed.
In Australia, gas use in our national electricity market over the past five years is down 60 per cent because renewables beat it on price. And the manager of our market, the Australian Energy Market Operator, sees a smaller role for gas in the future in a grid surging with renewables.
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