> ...so the ban is not going to reduce the amount of gas burned at all, is it? My understanding is that the purpose of the ban was (1) increase indoor air qual

> ...so the ban is not going to reduce the amount of gas burned at all, is it? My understanding is that the purpose of the ban was (1) increase indoor air quality and (2) reduce the amount of gas that leaks in distribution. Natural gas has something like 20x the GWP of CO2. Burning it at power plants reduces the amount leaking into the atmosphere. About 5% of anthropogenic methane emissions come from distribution. There are much bigger things we could be doing, but just because this particular change isn't reducing the CO2 impact doesn't mean it's not a positive change.