Under the"Double Carbon"goal,it is important to explore China's natural gas consumption and its influence path to help realize the green and low carbon energy transition.Based on the provincial balanced panel data from 2000 to 2019,the path of natural gas consumption is examined using the three-stage least squares method.The study shows that urbanization has a promotional effect on China's natural gas consump-tion as a whole in terms of direct effects;And indirectly affects natural gas consumption through economic ben-efits,demographic effects,structural effects and intensity benefits in terms of indirect paths.Overall,the direct effect of urbanization on natural gas consumption is positive and the indirect effect is negative,and the positive effect is greater than the negative effect.Finally,from the perspective of"Double Carbon"goal and low carbon environmental protection,we put forward policy suggestions to promote natural gas consumption,so as to solve the long-standing coal dependence problem in China,help alleviate the environmental pressure,and re-alize the energy transition under the"Double Carbon"goal.
关键词
"双碳"/城镇化/天然气消费/影响机制/3SLS
Key words
"Double Carbon"/Urbanization/Natural Gas Consumption/Impact Mechanism/3SLS
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