Patrick Meehan
Jeb Waldschmidt
ENGL 102-05
3-26-05
Natural Gas and the Future of Energy
Until recently natural gas was considered the dirty brother of oil. Natural gas was
often stranded and left undeveloped, often wasting it. Oftentimes natural gas was
considered ‘unusable’ and ‘worthless’ compared to oil. But now that the oil is running
out a new light is being shown on natural gas. Today natural gas is very much in favor as
a clean fossil fuel, especially for electricity generation in industrialized countries. “Global
proven gas reserves are 5501 TcM with around 60 years of production at current
utilization rates compared to 40 years for oil,” writes Pradeep Kurup. According to the
latest numbers people could be using more gas than oil by 2030. According to Kurup,
“that means an even greater incremental growth in both gas supply and transportation
than the industry has seen up to date, with nearly 25% of all natural gas produced......
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