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> The article does not support the title; gas is only one slice of the whole energy consumption pie. In Europe most homes are heated by natural gas for one. Se
by ExoticPearTree 4y ago
> The article does not support the title; gas is only one slice of the whole energy consumption pie.
In Europe most homes are heated by natural gas for one. Secondly, there are a lot of combined cycles gas turbines that supply a large part of actual energy demand. And then there's the advantage that is way more cleaner than coal and provides more power per unit. And this is not counting the gas usage in the industry that powers a lot of other things.
If you put everything that relies on gas together you will be surprised about how much we actually rely on gas for.
- zokier 4y agoThere is lot of country-to-country variation here; while some countries like Netherlands are completely dependent on gas, others like Sweden barely use it at all. On aggregate level gas is biggest source, but that is driven by few big consumers like Germany and Italy while in most EU countries gas is actually a minority energy source for heating.