Clean energy plan leaves too much gas in the tank

The Victorian government’s long-awaited “gas substitution road map” was quietly released over the weekend – surprising given the scope of the plan to wean Victorian households off our current gas dependence and pave the way for all electric, renewable-powered homes.While we welcome the removal of rules that forced households to use gas in their homes, the road map lacks clear goals and timelines for this urgent transition to take place, and even more worryingly, it fails to rule out the potential use of dirty hydrogen made with methane gas.The Victorian government released its “gas substitution road map”.Credit:BloombergAt present, gas is responsible for about 17 per cent of Victoria’s climate pollution. We are in the unenviable position of being the Australian state most reliant on gas. The current energy crisis has shown just how costly Victoria’s dependence on…

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