Hawaii Gas Company Profile

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USING GAS

Quick Gas Facts Using gas energy directly in appliances is three times more efficient than electricity derived from fossil fuels. Efficiency saves energy and money.

Gas energy produces 50 percent less CO2 than coal and 30 percent less CO2 than fuel oil, both of which are used to generate electricity in Hawai‘i.

Many municipalities and companies like Disney and UPS are beginning to take advantage of the clean-burning properties of gas energy to reduce their carbon footprint. Converting just one refuse truck has an emissions reduction impact equivalent to taking 325 gasoline cars off the road. Hawai‘i Gas Company Profile | 16


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