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Natural Gas Eases Environmental Concerns

 

 

Using natural gas in place of other fuels can help ease a number of environmental concerns - greenhouse gas emissions, acid rain, smog, solid waste and water pollution.

When natural gas is burned, it produces virtually no emissions of sulfur dioxide or particulate matter and far lower levels of "greenhouse" gases and nitrogen oxides than such competing sources of energy as oil and coal.  In addition, unlike the oil, coal and nucelar processes, the natural gas process produces virtually no solid waste and has much less impact on water quality.

The inherent cleanliness of natural gas when compared with those other fuels, coupled with the high efficiency of natural gas equipment, means the substituting gas for the other fuels can help reduce the emission of the air pollutants that produce smog and acid rain and that could exacerbate the "greenhouse" effect.