Natural gas is a vital material in everyday living. It is used for domestic and commercial purposes. If you get to know the many uses of natural gas, you will be surprised how useful gas is. Do you know that approximately a quarter of the UK’s energy consumption is derived from natural gas? Few people know the importance of natural gas for vehicle fuel, electricity, residential and commercial heating, and industrial industries. Residential Uses For Natural Gas A large percentage of homes in UK used natural gas. Gas is delivered as compressed natural gas or commonly known as CNG. The most common used of natural for homes are: • Space Heating – During winter, home heating is inevitable. Using natural gas for home heating is an affordable way to heat homes. Gas is not as expensive as other heating energy sources. • Water Heating – Heated water consumes a lot of energy. Natural gas is an efficient energy source for water heating. • Stoves – Most homes in UK cook in basically just two sources – gas or electricity. • Other appliances – There are other appliances that make use of natural gas such as clothes dryers and ovens. Commercial Uses For Natural Gas Commercial establishments also use gas for many different purposes – most of them being similar to residential uses. To heat commercial spaces, natural gas is used. It is also used to heat water. Some commercial buildings also use natural gas for air conditioning. Aside from these, natural gas has also become one of the mostly used electric power source. Compared to other fossil fuels that are largely used as electric energy sources as well, natural gas is more energy efficient and environment friendly. It emits a quarter less of carbon dioxide than coal and oil when burned. Natural gas also has lesser amount of nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, and mercury when burned. Because of its environment friendly nature, natural gas is considered by many commercial buildings as their main source of electricity. Business predictions say that the demand for natural gas will significantly increase in the coming years because aside from being efficient and effective, natural gas is more conducive to the environment. This prediction will most likely come true as there is already an increasing rate of demand for natural gas. More and more homes and commercial buildings make use of natural gas for many different purposes.

Monica Lorica is an author on subjects pertaining to residential and commercial heating and oil and diesel products for industrial, commercial, marine, agricultural and automotive use. See Gas Oil for oil and diesel products that are affordable and delivered on time.