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Re:Analysts See Oil Demand Peaking by 2030 as Electric Vehic... by rgbrenner on Monday January 22, 2018 @01:31PM (#16206646)
but the grid does use natural gas for peaker plants to respond to demand changes.

Natural gas comes from oil wells. If demand for oil reduces, and wells close, natural gas production will decline too.

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Re:Analysts See Oil Demand Peaking by 2030 as Electric Vehic... by pm90 on Monday January 22, 2018 @02:08PM (#16206986)
While Natural Gas was considered a byproduct in earlier times when it couldn't be harvested efficiently (and had to be "flared"), current technology does allow us to do so, and wells targeting gas specifically are not uncommon.
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