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Natural gas is
the last prevalent fossil fuel we use in modern society. While
oil and coal formed the backbone of the industrial revolution,
natural gas has become more of a player recently. Natural gas is
primarily comprised of methane, another greenhouse gas. Natural
gas is found in many of the same places as oil and coal, but was
not originally a popular energy resource due to transportation
and a lack of stability. In fact, it was simply burned off using
flaring pipes in many oil fields. With modern advances, natural
gas is now much easier to control as it is reduced to a
liquefied form for transportation. In fact, flaring of natural
gas is no illegal in many countries. As with oil, natural gas
has many problems related to the production of greenhouse gases
and the fact it is found in abundance in only a few countries
such as Iran. While oil gets much of the attention, natural gas
reserves are actually under much more stress.
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