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Do people really use gasoline for heating and AC? I've never seen that. Also can't the rest of those things just use an alternate fuel.


Closest I can think of is propane. It's occasionally used for home heating and more rarely for refrigeration.


>Do people really use gasoline for heating and AC?

No. I meant fossil fuels in this case (specifically natural gas).

>Also can't the rest of those things just use an alternate fuel.

We currently have no alternative to fossil fuels for cargo ships and airplanes.


natural gas is used for heating, and for the time being it's more energy efficient to heat using natural gas directly than using electricity from generated from the grid which for me is a mix of nuclear hydro & natural gas




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