Just over 45% of that came from power plants fuelled by gas from the North Sea. A further 35% or so came from coal, less than 15% from nuclear power and the rest from a hotch-potch of other sources.

这其中，约有45%来自使用北海油气的发电厂，35%左右来自燃煤发电站，不到15%来自核电站，剩余部分则借助了其他能源。

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The more we reduce our use of coal, oil, and gas and the more we increase energy independency, the less we risk fights over energy and resources.

我们越多削减煤炭、石油和天然气的使用，越能增加能源的独立性，由能源和资源引起冲突的风险越小。

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Over a 100-year timeframe, conventional gas is almost certainly better than coal - but shale gas could be worse.

但在100年的时间范围内，使用天然气肯定比使用煤炭对气候的影响要小，但页岩气去比煤炭的影响大。

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Originally they were derived from coal-tar, the black viscous waste product left over from distilling coal for gas.

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You want to see the price of natural gas rise significantly over the years, replace all coal, all nuclear over the next 20 or 30 years with natural gas.

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Not according to a new econometric study that concludes no more than 20% of existing coal generation is likely to switch over to gas, even if the Environmental Protection Agency drives up the cost of coal generation and gas prices stay at their current, low rates indefinitely.

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