While most of the world is embracing natural gas as a beneficial fuel that reduces air pollution and slows climate change, we can’t overlook voices here at home who say that British Columbia should do everything possible to leave our gas reserves in the ground.These critics prefer to conjure up a world where wind farms, banks of solar panels and electricity generated through hydroelectric sources magically provide all of society’s energy needs.
Alas, that world does not exist.
In reality, Trudeau government officials say the nation’s natural gas production will increase 22% in coming years, with LNG “an important driver” of that growth.