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Re:Should Disney World Have the Right to Build a Nuclear Pow... by frosted-flakes on Thursday May 16, 2019 @11:20AM (#19929812)
> I would like to see a complete ban of all air and water pollution that can be sourced to power and heating plants.

Does that include the natural gas heating furnace in my basement, or just commercial stuff? Because in my area electric heating costs about 3x more than NG.

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Re:Should Disney World Have the Right to Build a Nuclear Pow... by belorn on Thursday May 16, 2019 @01:55PM (#19931193)
There are discussions already to ban people from connecting new homes to gas lines (https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47306766).

In general however I think politics should focus on bigger problems before small ones. Industry, power plants and central heating are the primary users of natural gas. In Germany, over half the energy production is generated from gas, which the pollution graphs clearly shows (https://www.electricitymap.org/?page=map&solar=false&remote=...)

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