illinois natural gas

Natural Gas in Illinois

Natural gas is much cheaper than electricity as a source of energy and its uses are commonly found in residential homes and commercial venues such as offices, hotels, restaurants, apartment buildings, and government buildings.

When used in cooking, natural gas can go up to 90% efficient and that means that 90% of heat is fully utilized in cooking and only 10% of the heat is waste.

Natural gas is often simply referred to as gas and it burns cleaner than other fossil fuels like oil and coal. Unlike coal which produces large amounts of pollution, natural gas produces much lesser pollution.

To create the same amount of heat energy, natural gas produces 30% less carbon dioxide (when compared to burning petroleum), and about 45% less carbon dioxide (when compared to burning coal).