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Teever
on Dec 29, 2023
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40% of US electricity is now emissions-free
So what do you think we should rename it to?
OrwellianChild
on Dec 29, 2023
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"Natural Gas" is 97% methane, so it's probably most direct to just refer to it by it's primary component...
badpun
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In Poland, it's called "Earth gas" or "ground gas".
dskloet
on Dec 29, 2023
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Also in Dutch: aardgas
namibj
on Dec 29, 2023
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And German: Erdgas.
Faaak
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In some countries it is also called "city gas"
Al-Khwarizmi
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City gas was obtained from distilling hard coal or, later, from gasoline. So not the same thing as natural gas.
adrianN
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City gas is actually something else, it's coal gas.
Faaak
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Yes, but it's still called that way
VintageCool
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It has become popular to refer to it as "fossil gas".
scotty79
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oil gas? carbon gas? fuel gas? fossil gas?
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