The 'demonization' of natural gas

摘要

By displacing coal in power generation and oil in transport, gas could play a central role in reducing emissions at much lower cost than current EU policies. However, while the EU is prepared to abandon market principles for renewables, it remains ideologically hardcore when it comes to gas. Little wonder then that EU-Russian relations are fraught with distrust and frustration.rnSpeaking at the World Gas Conference in Kuala Lumpur in June, Alexander Medvedev, deputy ceo of Russian gas giant Gazprom, said that the EU was taking a contradictory approach to natural gas.