With the increase in the supply of natural gas this points to where some of it is going. Will this be the right decision in 20 or 30 years? The automobile industry made a similar decision to go to the internal combustion engine over a hundred years ago and now people are upset with the resulting emissions.
Gas use for power generation leads increase in natural gas use in 2010
U.S Energy Information Administration
Natural gas use for power generation rose 7%, or about 515 billion cubic feet (Bcf), between 2009 and 2010, according to EIA. Most of the gains in the power sector were in the Eastern half of the country (see map above left). Total natural gas deliveries to consumers in the United States grew about 4 % to around 22 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) for 2010. Use of natural gas in the industrial sector was up by 6% in 2010 but from a lower base than in the..