What are the advantages of using natural gas?

There is an abundance of natural gas. In the United States, for example, the Energy Information Administration estimates that as of January 1, 2019, there were about 2,867 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of technically recoverable resources of dry natural gas in the United States. There is also an abundance of infrastructure in place to move that gas to market, including pipelines and underground storage. Natural gas also is a cleaner fossil fuel than coal or oil. It releases 45% less carbon dioxide than coal and 30% less than oil and has therefore an overall smaller impact on the environment.