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There are all types of energy resources that can help us make life easier. What I will be talking about is natural gas, which is a fossil fuel and I will talk about how it is used and how we can conserve it. I will be doing the same with geothermal energy about how it is used and how we can conserve it.
Natural Gas is a colorless, odorless and it is a vital source that when it is burned it gives off a lot of energy. It is a nonrenewable resource because it is a fossil fuel. Also it is made of methane, but also etheane, propane, butane and pentane. It is one of the cleanest, safest and it is most useful of all energy sources and vital component of worlds oil supply. Natural gas is clean burning and emits lower levels of potentially harmful byproducts into the air.
(NaturalGas.org, 2004)
The process of mining Natural Gas is a long process that takes time. Within 4 to 8 weeks, workers secure a rig and try to run final experiments and then they experimental analyst on the rig. Then within 4 to 5 weeks, they construct a drilling rig and drilling, and then they put in a cement layer at the top to make sure that the well stays safe and its surrounding formations. Then they have rig work which takes 2 to 5 days, they use hydraulic fracturing which puts together a mixture of 90 percent water, 9.5 percent sand, and 0.5 percent chemicals into the well at high pressures to keep the fissures open, which allows the gas to flow. The next step is producing natural gas which can take up to 25-40 years to produce. The well is monitored to make sure nothing happened to it. (aboutnaturalgas.com, 2003)
The cost of Natural Gas is $3.41 to import it to the United States. Also it costs $3.83 to export it to the United States. The commercial price is $...

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