Why Natural Gas?

Natural gas is clean, affordable, abundant and American.

We need reliable energy to meet our growing needs. We need clean energy to protect our health and the environment. And we need domestic energy to reduce our reliance on foreign oil and bring jobs to our communities.

Natural gas represents the only clean energy option of adequate scale that exists today. By starting now, the expanded use of natural gas can make meaningful improvements to air quality during the next 10 years.

• To generate electricity, natural gas burns cleaner than other fuel sources, with less pollutants and no mercury.
• Natural gas is an essential partner in the development of renewables, providing clean, reliable power when the sun sets or wind dies down.
• Natural gas vehicles emit 25% less CO₂ than vehicles which run on traditional gasoline or diesel.

There is broad scientific consensus that our nation has enough natural gas right here at home to power America for generations to come.

In fact, the Potential Gas Committee now reports that the U.S. has more than 1,800 trillion cubic feet of available gas. That's a 35% leap from its 2009 forecast and the highest resource total ever reported in the organization's 44 years.