Cheap gas is gone' - stark warnings over gas shortage

Consumers and businesses will face higher gas prices as long as southern states ban gas exploration.

A hold on onshore development in NSW and Victoria is pushing up gas prices.

In sharp commentary on the issue on Wednesday Australian Competition and Consumer Commission fingering moratoriums on gas exploration in NSW and Victoria as exacerbating a tight supply situation.

Read Cole Latimer’s story in The Age - “’Cheap gas is gone' - stark warnings over gas shortage.”

(Energy, particularly that derived from fossil fuels, is at the nexus of climate change and so rather than figuring out how we can find and use gas, at a cheaper price, we should be exploring ways and means of living without using gas at all - Robert McLean)