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    Participación del gas natural en la transición energética en Colombia
    (Universidad EAFIT, 2025) Díaz Restrepo, Álvaro; Sanabria González, Juan Carlos; Silva Parra, Víctor Manuel; Mora Cuartas, Andrés Mauricio
    Currently, we live in a world where the need to plan and execute an energetic transition that approaches global warming proactively is growing, and Colombia is no exception. While state organizers have shown great interest in working toward the implementation of an energetic transition that would provide Colombians an environmentally sustainable energy source, the required technological development, ability to invest, and current resources available make it necessary to conduct a thorough analysis to uncover the most comprehensive, efficient, and viable path. Despite the existence of gas deposit records dating back nearly half a century in Colombia, data related to energy used for commercial purposes, such as for household and industrial use, dates back to the 90’s, increasing in demand until in 2024 when consumption surpassed 1,000 GBTU’s. (Asociación Colombiana de Gas Natural, 2024, p. 16). Asociación Colombiana de Gas Natural hereinafter referred to as Naturgas. Today, the country faces a great challenge that consists of being able to present a strategy that would allow for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and build a path toward a less environmentally aggressive energy source and infrastructure. Here is where we must conduct an honest assessment of our ability to innovate, strategize, and execute realistic processes that will allow for this energetic renaissance, taking into consideration our limited manpower, and they must be achievable by the general public. So, while natural gas is also derived from fossils, it’s been proven quite convincingly that it is much less harmful than liquid combustibles. In fact, natural gas helps counteract climate change, given that its use reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 30%-50% when compared to traditional fuels (Naturgas, 2024, p. 43).