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Natural gas / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Gas Cooktops and Stoves causing Asthma and Cancer in Households
Heating with gas and oil

Still cooking with gas? How to reduce the risk of asthma and cancer.

...gas supply off at the meter and ask the gas utility company to cap it if your area allows it. Usually, and as a bonus, to eliminate the monthly natural gas "customer charge," a customer having a natural gas meter, but not using natural gas, may request suspending their natural gas account. All the same, as we don't lik...

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Natural Gas is being phased out - why & when?
Heating with gas and oil

Why natural gas is Being phased out of new home construction (and When?)

...gas - but more about that later.  California introduces a ban on gas furnaces, gas boilers and gas water heaters - leading the way for the USA.  In Canada, Quebec plans to phase out gas heating in homes by 2040. Shouldn't natural gas really be called "fossil gas"? Yes, natural gas should be correctly called fossil gas,...

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Renewable energy wind farm
Renewable energy

What is clean energy?

...natural gas and propane, wood and other bio-fuels, then moving on to the various forms of renewable energy, each of which has a negative footprint of some kind. As an example - solar panels need to be fabricated using metal, plastics and certain rare earth metals that are in dwindling supply. Windmills have a similar f...

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Why Electric Heating Systems are Best for Sustainable Homes
Heating with electricity

Heating with electricity - the Best choice for high efficiency & Zero Energy homes?

...gas furnace a good idea? A gas furnace may last anywhere from 15 to 30 years, but the average life expectancy is 20 years. Also, choosing to add gas to a home means adding additional energy infrastructure, and with that comes additional cost. The question then turns to the fuel source. What will it cost to heat with na...

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Natural gas fireplaces, furnaces, boilers and gas water heaters - Green or Not?
Heating with gas and oil

Heating with natural gas furnaces, boilers and fireplaces

...Natural gas is being phased out in homes The true ramifications of using natural gas in homes have become apparent, on human health as well as climate change.  Europe has already phased out natural gas in homes and now North America has also started to legislate against natural gas furnaces, gas boilers and gas water h...

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