Natural Gas

• Anywhere

• Giant machines drill through the rock layers above the petroluem, then pumps suck the petroleum out of the ground.

• Not all countries in the world are on top of an ancient ocean, so distribution of petroleum isn’t equal.
• Current top producers:
  • #1 – US
  • #2 – Saudi Arabia
  • #3 – Russia

• When giant holes are dug to extract coal, the entire ecosystem is disturbed.
• Filling the holes back in costs a lot of time and money, and mine companies often go bankrupt before completing the land restoration.

• Weak spots in miles long underground mine tunnels can collapse, trapping miners and causing sinkholes at the surface.

• While pipes are the most efficient way to move petroleum around, they can leak and spray into the environment.

• It requires millions of oil wells to pump all of the oil humans use and they aren’t exactly pretty.
• In petroleum rich Los Angeles, oil wells are creatively camouflaged so they don’t stick out.

• Natural Gas accounts for 32% of all the energy consumed in the US.
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• Natural Gas is used to generate electricity, heat buildings and to a lesser extent, in vehicle engines.

• There are roughly 2,000 electricity producing natural gas powerplants in the US.
  • Arizona has 16.

United States consumes the most natural gas in the world.

Russia is the most reliant on natural gas with it accounting for over 50% of their energy.