ELI5, Why is gass energy greener than coal energy?

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EU just decided that gass and nuclear is to be concidered green. I get why nuclear is alright, but since both coal and gass is basically just carbon in different states. Why then is gass better?

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Gas is more efficient. It means it produces less GHG (green house gas) for the same amount of energy produced. Coal burning also produces a lot more undesirable byproducts than gas.

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