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Green Gas: Cleaner Burning Fuel Supporting Renewable Sources

In late 2011, the Honda Civic Natural Gas won the 2012 Green Car of the Year award at the L.A. Auto Show, and the victory went as much to natural “green” gas as Honda engineers. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency certified the car as the cleanest-running internal combustion vehicle. The Green Car Journal, which sponsors the annual award, said the new-generation car features greater fuel efficiency and tailpipe emissions not approached by any other internal combustion vehicle. How's that for green gas?!

Green gas: Partner with renewable energy

While it is not a renewable source of energy, natural gas is thought to be richly abundant in the U.S. Some experts say the U.S. has more natural gas than Saudi Arabia has oil, and America already has passed Russia as the world's largest producer of natural gas.

That's enough to keep green natural gas suppliers competing for American customers for a long time.

And the fact is that natural "green" gas burns much cleaner than traditional "brown" sources such as oil and coal. Natural gas-powered vehicles, for instance, produce 25 percent less carbon dioxide than gasoline- or diesel-powered vehicles.

In a comparison with coal, natural gas wins in every emission category, for example:

• Carbon dioxide: coal, 208,000; natural gas, 117,000 (pounds per billion BTU of energy input)
• Carbon monoxide: coal, 208; natural gas, 40

Because the sun is not always shining and the wind is not always blowing – two of the main sources of clean, renewable energy – natural gas suppliers argue that their efficient "green gas" is the essential partner to provide power when needed.

Green natural gas suppliers: Unraveling the earth's carbon blanket

Natural gas suppliers already are playing a big role in America's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Natural gas-fired power plans already produce about a fourth of the nation's electricity, and one of those plants emits a little more than half of the carbon dioxide as a coal-burning plant. More modern combined-cycle natural gas turbines produce 60 percent less carbon dioxide than the typical coal plant.

Natural gas suppliers help customers make a difference

Suppliers know that their customers share their concerns about the damage that greenhouse gases are doing to our world. Some offer service plans that also purchase certified carbon offset credits that essentially neutralize the greenhouse gases produced by the customer's household. This way customers can use the cleanest-burning fossil fuel to heat their homes but also contribute to alternative energy efforts that can help the environment in the long run.

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