Chicago considers vote to ban Natural Gas

[Melensdad]

This would affect NEW construction.

Natural Gas, at least in this market, is CHEAPER than electric for heating.

Restaurants use natural gas for ranges and broilers. Not sure that electric is even close to efficient for those needs, and electric cooktops can't control heat as fast either.

Can't imagine heating a warehouse without NG.

I wonder if they will slip this in when people are not looking? Or put in some exemptions?

Chicago to consider an ordinance that would effectively ban natural gas in new buildings

An ordinance that would fight climate change by effectively banning the use of natural gas in most new buildings is headed to the Chicago City Council. The Clean and Affordable Buildings Ordinance …

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Chicago to consider an ordinance that would effectively ban natural gas in new buildings​

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Homeowner Katanya Raby near her electric heat pump in the backyard of her South Side home on Aug. 22, 2023. Raby’s bungalow has been updated with weatherproofing and high-energy electric heat pumps. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)​

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An ordinance that would fight climate change by effectively banning the use of natural gas in most new buildings is headed to the Chicago City Council.​

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The Clean and Affordable Buildings Ordinance will be introduced Wednesday, according to Ald. Maria Hadden, a sponsor of the measure.​

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The ordinance sets an emissions standard that natural gas can’t meet and opens the way for the electric heat and appliances that play a key role in most plans to slash greenhouse gas emissions and avert the worst effects of climate change.​

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“This is a matter of real survival and the future of our city — and especially our economic future,” said Hadden. “We’re being forced in this direction by nature, but also by policy and by business and industry. People are making these decisions because it’s economical, it’s healthier, it’s safer.”​

 

[FrancSevin]

“This is a matter of real survival and the future of our city — and especially our economic future,” said Hadden. “We’re being forced in this direction by nature, but also by policy and by business and industry. People are making these decisions because it’s economical, it’s healthier, it’s safer.”

It is none of the above.

We are being forced by regulations not nature.
It is not always economical most especially when it comes to home heating.
Since we still generate 65% of our electricity with coal it is not healthier.

Sure, a gas leak is a danger, So is an overloaded electrical system. And portable electric heaters still represent a greater danger in many homes. I was a firefighter. The number of house, and apartment, fires started by an electric heater far out weighed the number started by NG.