Nuclear power has one of the worst names in the energy industry, but does it really deserve it? Proponents of Nuclear energy claim it is our only hope to avert immediate climate change but this is not the only possible course of action open to us.

The peak oil crisis seems to be looming ever nearer, but what is being done to address this issue? There is a pressing need for immediate large scale investment in real renewable energies with proven technology like Solar and Wind power.

By importing and exporting natural gas, the USA participates actively to the global flow of combustibles such as oil and gas. According to official figures, the USA imports gas from nine countries and exports it to three others.

When talking about oil and gas, we must say that they range as sources of energy for domestic and industrial purposes, used as fuel, containing mainly combustible gaseous mixture. The amount of gas brought to the surface with the oil during drilling procedures generally labels as casing-head gas.

Studies have shown that natural gas formation resulted by means of the process of putrefaction of the little sea animals and plants that disappeared about 300 million years ago. After such forms of life died, their remains went down to the bottom of the oceans and they gradually grew covered by beds of sand and different types of sediments.