In Natural Gas Symposium
2013: session #1 (Protecting Our Atmosphere), benefits of natural gas were
discussed in terms of energy security and environmental quality.
What
are benefits of it? Natural gas was presented that it is one of the answers for
issues of energy security and environment. Natural gas supports energy security
since it abundant in many
parts of the world and it can be used in variety tasks,
for example to generate electricity, to heat home and to fuel cars. Also, natural
gas is a highly
efficient form of energy since there are only 10 percent of
its usable energy lose before delivering to customers, but in others fuels, 70
percent of the total amount of fuels lose before reaching customers. Moreover,
natural gas is presented that it is the cleanest burning fossil fuel. Its
burning produces low levels of greenhouse gas such carbon dioxide compared with
other fossil fuels.
Are
there any evidence showing the drawbacks of natural gas? There are lots of
articles that talked about its drawbacks. Natural gas is a fossil fuel;
therefore, it is non-renewable energy. That means natural gas availability is
finite. Another drawback is about environmental problem. Although natural gas
burning emits less greenhouse gases, methane, which is one of greenhouse gases,
escapes to the atmosphere during mining natural gas. Also, fracking, a method
of mining natural gas, requires high-pressure water with additives to break
shale rocks. This process is criticized that it pollutes water supplies. It
seems like the problem does not come from natural gas, but comes from the
method of mining natural gas.
Could
natural gas be the answer to global energy demand nowadays?
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