In its efforts to become the greenest city in the world, Vancouver city council has moved to ban natural gas from homes and restaurants. You might cook with it and heat your house with it today, but by 2050, no one in the City of Vancouver will be using natural gas. The decision was made in July as part of its Renewable City Strategy. The plan calls for a ban of natural gas, meaning no new buildings can use it and old buildings must be retrofitted to use renewable energy. Restaurants, businesses, schools, and factories must all comply. That will translate into some hefty bills for consumers. “We’re talking about a cost imposed on residential, industrial, commercial, and institutional users of natural gas in thousands and thousands of dollars,” Jordan Bateman, B.C. director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said.
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Jill Slattery – Global News – September 22, 2016.
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