what are the advantages of natural gas to other gaseous fuels?
As others have said, it is quite abundant. However, none of the fuels from the earth are available in unlimited quantity. Therefore, we should evaluate how each is used best. Natural gas is easily piped to every house in a city/town, it is clean, it is quite safe, making it the ‘ideal’ fuel for distribution through underground pipes — and that should be its favored use! It should not be used for electrical generating plants because they use a great quantity all in one place. Recently there have been a lot of new natural gas electrical generating plants built so the power companies can avoid cost due to stack cleanup, etc. They should not be permitted to do that. Other gaseous fuels are not easily piped underground; propane has too much pressure to be that easy, and the others are not as abundant.
It occurs naturally underground so it is abundant and is cheap. It also tends to burn fully so it is better for the environment. The only problem is it doesn’t contain as much energy as other fuels.
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Natural gas emits an estimated 70% less carbon dioxide that other fuels. Usually when idiot savants whine about global warming/climate change what they are really crying about is the carbon dioxide in the air.
Natural gas also burns cleaner.
You could with a kit pipe it into your gas line at home and refill your tanks.
Its readily available in the US, and therefore is considerably cheaper. Although if everyone started to use it the Supply-Demand curve would change.
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http://www.ehow.com/about_4761044_natural-gas-advantages-disadvantages.html?ref=fuel&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=ssp&utm_campaign=yssp_art
http://www.carbonfund.org/site/pages/about_climate_change/
OH, that kind of natural gas. I thought you referring to Methane, the other natural gas. Just think of how far you could travel on a methane engine and one trip to a taco stand!
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None, Propane has the same clean air properties and doesn’t require high pressure, (4000psi) handling in the case of compressed natural gas. The C.N.G. tags that You see on school buses and other transit vehicles refer to this. L.N.G. used by trucks requires cryogenic handling.
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I am a certified CNG technician as well as an alternative fuel specialist. This includes Biofuels.
if its naturel, it is yours. naturally just coming right out of you. naturally leaving your body and entering the atmosphere.
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Natural gas (largely methane) burns more cleanly than the other fossil fuels (45% less carbon dioxide emitted than coal and 30% less than oil). It is easily transported via pipelines and fairly easily using tankers (land and sea). Natural gas can be piped into homes to provide heating and cooking and to run a variety of appliances.
Where homes are not piped, it can be supplied in small tanks. Also, natural gas can be used as a fuel for vehicles (cars, trucks and jet engines) where it is cleaner than gasoline or diesel. Finally, it is used to produce ammonia for fertilizers, and hydrogen, as well as in the production of some plastics and paints.
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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_advantages_of_natural_gas
As others have said, it is quite abundant. However, none of the fuels from the earth are available in unlimited quantity. Therefore, we should evaluate how each is used best. Natural gas is easily piped to every house in a city/town, it is clean, it is quite safe, making it the ‘ideal’ fuel for distribution through underground pipes — and that should be its favored use! It should not be used for electrical generating plants because they use a great quantity all in one place. Recently there have been a lot of new natural gas electrical generating plants built so the power companies can avoid cost due to stack cleanup, etc. They should not be permitted to do that. Other gaseous fuels are not easily piped underground; propane has too much pressure to be that easy, and the others are not as abundant.
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Natural gas is a mix of various types of mineral gasses.
Propane is one of those gasses.
To get propane, natural gas or other fuels need to be refined.
Therefore, natural gas is less expensive.
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http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-between-propane-and-natural-gas.htm
Natural gas is far more bilgistic than any alternative fuel source.
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Natural gas is abundant and, generally, is not a product of a refinery. It is mostly methane CH4. Butane (C2H6) and Propane (C3H8) are refinery products and are better fuels; more energy per cubic foot.
It is easy to see that as the molecular weight increases, the proportion of carbon increases. Burning methane minimizes the production of CO2.
Methane contains no solids and produces a flame with low radiance. Therefore, a methane furnace can be relatively small. Stuff doesn’t stick to water walls and heat transfer is largely convective.
Methane is difficult to ignite. Its autoignition temperature is high. Methane can be carburetted into any Diesel engine and will not ignite until the injector puts liquid fuel into the cylinder. The EPA does not want you to know that Diesel engines run very efficiently on Methane.
The reason for the name natural gas is that the old lamplighter was burning manufactured gas made from coal. This was a mix of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. All major cities and some smaller cities had gas plants and gas holding tanks to supply its citizens. Major industries all started life burning coal.
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