It produces one quarter the CO2 compared to oil, so as long as we're burning oil, it makes sense to increase gas usage - especially since it requires almost no additional capital investment.

Gas is accepted if it's a replacement for much worse sources of energy such as coal or very old gas plants.

This law basically classifies anything that's better as a green investment. Relatively, it is, of course.

Activists want the EU to only brand renewables as green investments, but doing so would make replacing coal plants by much cleaner gas plants more expensive. Renewables have different characteristics than coal plants, which can operate at night in a storm during droughts, unlike many real green alternatives.

I think we should aim towards a 100% green energy grid with the necessary battery banks to maintain power during difficult weather. However, it'll take us a while to get there.