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Is your house considered green and environmentally friendly? Many of us have plenty on our minds these days and although the push for environmentally conscious living is on, the overwhelming majority of people in the industrialized nations continue to waste fuel and natural resources simply because they can afford to do so. This is wreckless behavior that will ultimately cost us our only place to live. Pollution and wasted energy are as common as ever. The recent rise in energy and gas prices has sparked concern and plenty of public relations. Celebrities have taken it upon themselves to make it their cause. But how many of us are actively pursuing energy saving techniques and habits that will put a dent in our energy use and reduce pollution? The power used in our homes generates an alarming amount of pollution and this is where we need to begin our critical green living.

Every house needs heating and lighting for comfort and safety. Every human being enjoys hot water for bathing and showering. Thes comforts come at a cost. Homes are traditionally heated, powered, and fuelled by electricity, fuel oil, coal, wood, natural gas, or a combination of these. What many homeowners don't know however is that natural gas in particular is the cleanest burning of these fuels. Natural gas produces 45 percent less carbon dioxide emissions than electricity which has been generated by coal, and approximately 30 percent less greenhouse emissions than fuel oil. Althought he primary concern of homeowners in a tough economy is usually utility prices, facts are facts and this is valuable knowledge.

Let's use a typical home water heater for example. Just by converting an electric water heater to a natural gas water heater can actually save the same amount of CO emission over the period of one year as recycyling 1.5 million tons of waste. In other words, natural gas water heaters emit more than two and one half times less greenhouse gas than electric hot water heaters. Natural gas which is usually advertised as inexpensive fuel to attract new customers. What many people don't see however is the substantial amount of reduced greenhouse gas byproducts. As reported by the US department of Energy, a whopping 90 percent of natural gas delivered to a residence is usefule energy. Compare it to electricity in particular, which loses an estimated 66 percent of its useful energy between the actual generation of power and its delivery through the power grid. More interesting emissions statistics include the amounts of both sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from natural gas. They are also both substantially less than electric or oil in particular. Natural gas use also produces no solid waste or pollution of our water ways. These little known facts about natural gas seem to make it a more viable fuel for household use, especially when we consider that our future depends on our ability to exist on earth. The house is the best place for us to make use of this cleaner burning, lower cost (depending on location) fuel for many of our everyday needs like cooking, keeping our water warm and comfortable, as well as general home heating. We can invoke and immediate environmental impact by using natural gas in place of other fossil fuels.