Natural gas has long been one of the most popular fuels available for your home for heating, water heating, cooking and clothes drying. As the focus on energy efficiency and the environment grows stronger, natural gas continues to be your best energy option for these important reasons:
- Affordable: Clean-burning natural gas costs less to use than any other energy source. In fact, natural gas is about half the cost of other fuels, including electricity.
- Abundant: According to America’s Natural Gas Alliance, there is more than a 100-year supply of natural gas in the U.S.
- Domestic: 98 percent of the natural gas used in the U.S. comes from North America.
- Economic development/energy security: The natural gas industry currently employs nearly 3 million Americans and provides a huge economic boost to the American economy.
- Better for the environment: A home that uses natural gas for heating, water heating, cooking and clothes drying leaves about half the carbon footprint of an all-electric home.
