United States Natural Gas Energy Use Comparisons

The United States Gas Energy Sector List


State		Population Rank		Per Capita Carbon Output		Million Tons of Carbon
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	Alaska		#48		#37	44.78 Million Tons of C02
	Rhode Island		#43		#49	11.35 Million Tons of C02
	Maine		#40		#43	23.28 Million Tons of C02
	Nevada		#35		#38	43.3 Million Tons of C02
	Louisiana		#22		#10	179.11 Million Tons of C02
	Massachusetts		#13		#25	87.01 Million Tons of C02
	Florida		#4		#5	243.89 Million Tons of C02
	Texas		#2		#1	670.22 Million Tons of C02
	California		#1		#2	388.95 Million Tons of C02
State		Population Rank		Per Capita Carbon Output		Million Tons of C02


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Natural gas is a gas consisting primarily of methane. It is found associated with other fossil fuels, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, and landfills. It is an important fuel source, a major feedstock for fertilizers, and a potent greenhouse gas. Before natural gas can be used as a fuel, it must undergo extensive processing to remove almost all materials other than methane. The by-products of that processing include ethane, propane, butanes, pentanes and higher molecular weight hydrocarbons, elemental sulfur, carbon dioxide, water vapor and sometimes helium and nitrogen. Natural gas is often informally referred to as simply gas, especially when compared to other energy sources such as oil or coal.