Can fossil fuels ever be replaced by renewables?

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Subsidies and increasing consumption make coal and gas dominance difficult to shift, a study has concluded

Renewable energy sources will struggle to replace coal and gas-fired power stations as long as energy consumption continues to rise and fossil fuel subsidies remain in place, a new study has found...

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