Renewables account for only a small share of global primary energy consumption, which is still dominated by fossil fuels—30% each for coal and oil, 25% for natural gas.

可再生能源只占全球主要能源消耗的一小部分，化石能源仍然占主导地位——煤炭和石油各占30%，天然气占25%。

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Well, there were other energy choices like oil and natural gas, right?

因为还有类似石油和天然气这种其他的资源可供选择，对吗？

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Coal and natural gas are mainly used for electricity generation, whereas oil is used mostly to power transportation, yet the prices of all these energy sources are linked.

煤炭和天然气主要用于发电，而石油主要用于给运输提供能量，但所有这些能源的价格是相互关联的。

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The remaining value can be attributed to oil and gas trading and energy products like natural gas, synthetic oil, bitumen and fuel oil.

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Crude oil accounts for a hefty 23% weighting, and along with gasoline, heating oil and natural gas, the energy complex totals nearly 40% of the entire index.

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Innovations like hydraulic fracturing, known as "fracking, " have made it easier to extract oil and especially natural gas from energy-rich geological formations such as the Niobrara shale, which stretches from Wyoming to beneath the densely-populated Front Range of Colorado's Rocky Mountains.

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