The Importance And Many Uses Of Natural Gas

The following article at geology.com is an excellent summary of the many uses of natural gas, the demand for it, its cost and production cycles. It is obviously an enormously important resource. Go here to see the entire article.
Peter

The Many Uses of Natural Gas
July 29, 2010 Geology.com

Natural gas is important as a fuel and as a raw material for manufacturing. This article explores the many uses of natural gas and has a number of graphs to illustrate variations in use by season, by industry sector and over

Natural gas is used by everyone, in one way or another. Right now, and in the foreseeable future, there is no replacement, no "alternative" for it.

Prices for natural gas vary from one place to another as geology.com shows in the above map. The production of gas close to the areas where gas is now very expensive will have a great positive impact on those areas.