Non-renewable energy: (natural gas)
Natural Gas is colorless, shapeless, and odorless in its pure form. Unlike other fossil fuels, natural gas is clean burning and emits lower levels of potentially harmful byproducts into the air.While natural gas is formed primarily of methane, it can also include ethane, propane, butane and pentane. It is one of the gases that are formed by the same formation of fossil fuels. The main ingredient in natural gas is methane, a gas composed of one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms. Natural gas comes in two main types:
The first and conventional type is found in permeable sandstone reservoirs. The second, unconventional types are found in other places such as in coal deposits or shale rock formations In recent time, shale gas has become very popular in the USA and is mainly drilled by a process called Hydraulic Fracturing . It is popular because its carbon emission is about half that of coal, and is seen as environmentally friendlier. The USA is known to be the world’s largest producer of shale gas.The spinning causes some metal coils and magnets in a generator to produce electrical current, that is connected to a transformer and further supplied to homes.