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[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

plus electricity is crazy flexible. you can easily transform electric power into other types of power, such as mechanical power (rotary movement), lighting, heat, computation.

with gas, you can only really turn it into heat. for all other uses, you'd first have to translate it into electric power or use a very bulky combustion engine.