Atco Gas, Edmonton, AB

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.