claim: 85% of the energy still comes from coal.
author: krzysztof tchórzewski
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evidence_3: mar 20, 2020 — natural gas is used in steam turbines and gas turbines to generate electricity. coal was the second-largest energy source for u.s. electricity ...
evidence_4: jump to what share of electricity comes from gas? — share electricity gas v5 850x600. click to open interactive version. gas is now the second largest source of electricity production ... but, we still ultimately want to shift away from gas ...
evidence_5: mar 17, 2019 — fossil fuels supply much of the world's energy, but when burned, their ... “fossil fuels currently supply roughly 80 to 85 percent of the world's energy,” says edward rubin, ... petroleum, or crude oil, is harder to find and is typically a bit ... the vast fossil fuel reserves that still exist may one day be exhausted.