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Head of IEA Roasts Europe for “Slow Electrification”

Europe still uses a lot of fossil fuels.

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Europe still uses a lot of fossil fuels. Four years since Russian invaded Ukraine and threw European energy supply into chaos, one would think the continent would have electrified heating and transport more in order to quickly ween itself off of fossil fuel dependence. Well, Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), certainly thinks they should have done so.

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