Benefits of Using Natural Gas

In addition to space heating, versatile natural gas is used for water heating, cooking, clothes drying, barbecuing, pool and hot-tub heating, and decorative lighting. The array of appliances now available is expanding the role that natural gas can play in our lives. Add to this list motor vehicles that use natural gas as fuel, including cars, light trucks, buses and ice resurfacers.

Canadians use natural gas for a number of good reasons. It is clean, abundant, dependable and non-toxic. And, thanks to research and development programs of the industry and the Canadian Gas Research Institute, natural gas equipment and appliances incorporate the very latest in high-tech components and are as modern and efficient as any units on the market today. Consider these facts about natural gas:

• Cooking with natural gas gives you the benefit of instant, easily controlled heat
• Natural gas barbecues are inexpensive to operate, and can be connected to your home gas system
• Many natural gas appliances can be operated during a power failure
• The cost to convert to natural gas heating systems can, in most cases, be recovered over a short period of time
   

Natural gas also offers a number of environmental attributes. Natural gas, due to its unique molecular structure, is the cleanest burning fossil fuel. During combustion, natural gas produces fewer polluting emissions than other fossil fuels and its combustion does not damage the ozone layer. Natural gas production and use contributes less to global warming, as compared to other fuels.

Benefits Of Using Natural Gas

A natural gas water heater - basically a burner in a storage tank, controlled by a thermostat to heat water and keep it warm - has a fast recovery rate and low operating cost. If you heat your home with natural gas, the cost of a gas water heater, (depending on the area of the country in which you live), is 10-to-27-per cent less than heating water electrically.

Natural gas ranges provide instant cooking heat and a flame that can be adjusted to meet a wide range of cooking needs. They are economical to use and come in a variety of sizes and styles, with a number of options available.

A natural gas clothes dryer, also a good investment, will dry about two loads of clothes for the same energy cost it takes to dry one load electrically. It costs pennies per load to dry clothes with a gas dryer, with minimal maintenance costs.

Natural gas furnaces offer cost and energy savings over oil and electricity. A high-efficiency natural gas furnace may also increase the value of your home.

Natural Gas fireplaces

The Canadian market for a natural gas fireplaces has experienced considerable growth in recent years due to increased consumer responsiveness to environmental, aesthetic, convenience and cost-savings needs. Natural gas fireplaces, in comparison with those which burn wood, substantially reduce air pollution and fuel costs. In making the switch to natural gas fireplaces many Canadians, have also eliminated the noxious gases and particulates often associated with the burning of wood, which can lead to eye irritations and damaged lung tissue.

Convenient and easy to use, natural gas fireplaces can be turned on and off at the flick of a switch. There is no need to haul, split or store wood and, because wood isn't being burned, you don't have to concern yourself with wood chips, bark, insects or ashes.