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Gas heating is heavily subsidized in most European countries:

https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/eus-energy-taxa...

When the subsidies are gone - and they will be after Russia's invasion of Ukraine - reality will catch up fast.

Not really, even if the total costs doubles the payback period will be quite long. And that differential taxation needs to change first anyway - blowing up people's heating costs can easily turn into a non-starter.

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