Jan Rosenow on Nostr: In the 1950s coal was king for heating in the Netherlands with >70% of homes using ...
In the 1950s coal was king for heating in the Netherlands with >70% of homes using it.
When gas came along the coal industry ran a lobbying campaign with the slogan “Cozy people heat with coal”.
It failed. Today >90% use gas for heating.
Transitions are possible.
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