grand
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Post by grand on Oct 3, 2011 9:59:45 GMT -5
In 1785, the United Kingdom commercialized an alternative natural gas manufactured from coal. Natural gas production spread to the United States after the turn of the century, but coal-manufactured gas was less clean and less efficient. In 1821, William Hart of New York dug the first well looking for naturally occurring gas and the first American gas company soon followed. Robert Bunsen invented the Bunsen burner in 1885, and by 1938 natural gas was a regulated resource in the United States.
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Post by shark on Oct 3, 2011 10:10:53 GMT -5
Natural gas is a highly combustible odorless and colorless hydrocarbon gas largely composed of methane. It is produced in pressurized deposits located deep in the earth's crust, commonly located just above oil deposits. Natural gas is created in roughly the same manner as oil, by geologic processes that act upon organic matter over millions of years. High combustibility coupled with low emissions makes natural gas a highly valued resource.
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