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Gas can conduct electricty, as demonstrated in halogen lights, it is just not a very strong conductor. Electricity is just the flow of electrons, and so if the gas molecules can be driven to producing/transfering electrons then they will conduct electricity. In gas filled light bulbs, electricity is conducted through the gas in the light bulb, exciting the gas molecules and creating light.

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