Natural Gas, The Fuel of Choice

When we hear the word gas, most of us think of gasoline that fuels our cars. But natural gas is different. In fact it has nothing at all to do with gasoline.

Unlike gasoline, natural gas is not a liquid, it actually is a gas. More than half the homes in the United States use natural gas for heat, in fact your house may be full of natural gas applications: furnaces, outdoor lights, water heaters and stoves all use natural gas to operate.

In the commercial sector, large scale users include food service providers hotels, hospitals and office buildings. They rely heavily on natural gas for cooking and heating as well as refridgeration and air conditioning. Industry is the fuel's largest consumer. Accounting for 43% of natural gas use across all sectors. Besides heating and cooling, natural gas helps in the manufacture of pulp and paper, metals, chemicals, stone, clay, glass--even in processing some foods.

Gas is also widely used in the process of drying plastics, pharmeceuticals and candy. In addition, it is commonly used for treating waste materials and for incineration. Today there are more than 100,000 natural gas vehicles on the road in the United States.

Overall, natural gas accounts for nearly one quarter of our nations energy consumption. The popularity of natural gas is due to its unique ability to give off heat and light without emmiting high levels of harmful bi-products into the air. It burns cleanly making it the fuel of choice and the fastest growing primarly energy source in the world.

It's also reliable. Natural gas pipelines are buried underground so storms and freezing weather don't effect deliverability. For these reason, natural gas is becoming increasingly important in meeting both domestic and global energy demands. The energy information administration projects that the world's natural gas consumption will increase by 67% from 2001 to 2025.

Historically the demand for natural gas has been cyclical depending on the time of year and weather conditions, peaking during the coldest months and bottoming out in the warmest. Residential and commercial heating requirements were the main drivers of demand. Recently, however, the shift to natural gas for the generation of electricity has greatly minimiuzed this seasonal yo-yo effect.

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