Natural gas air pollution is real

Commentary earlier this month by Don Brunell frustrated me by his reasoning.

He talked about Gov. Inslee’s ban on fossil fuels for new construction being “expensive for home and building owners, many of whom installed energy efficient natural gas heat pumps and tank-less water heaters.”

Excuse me? The ban is for new construction, so it would not have any effect on the existing homes and other buildings.

Then he talks about the cost of mitigating the carbon-dioxide and how reducing natural gas consumption will cause loss of jobs. Why not just phase out the source of the CO2? That would reduce m...