Gas won't fuel Australia's recovery or reduce emissions. It's a mirage | Greg Jericho

The truth is gas is both too expensive and too dirty. We've known this for nearly a decade

A new report by the Grattan Institute demolishes the government's argument that Australia needs a gas-led recovery". Not only does gas add to our emissions, the report finds that far from being cheap, gas is set to become an increasingly expensive energy source".

Let us just pause a moment to note that the first 10 months of this year recorded the highest average global surface temperature, which means, depending on the temperatures for November and December, 2020 will either be the hottest year on record or the second hottest.