Natural Gas—The Cleaner Fuel

Natural gas is considered the cleanest of the fossil fuels. Natural gas has 45 percent fewer carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that any of the other fossil fuels. In addition, natural gas has 90 percent fewer emissions of oxides of nitrogen and sulfur than the current state of today's coal technologies.

As such, I believe the natural gas market is going to improve in the coming years. Today, the natural gas market in North America is very weak. The impact is being felt in numerous ways. Longer term, natural gas is going to be a very good investment story. As the power sector begins to move away from coal, natural gas becomes an excellent alternative. Infrastructure becomes the key to expansion of natural gas usage in ...

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