natural gas
fossil fuel containing a mix of methane and other gases
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Summary
natural gas is a commodity[1]. It draws 14,111 Wikipedia views per month (commodity category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: fossil fuel[3], fuel gas[4], gas mixture[5]
- Part of: nonrenewable energy[6]
- Commons category: Natural gas[7]
- Has part(s): methane[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Natural gas[9]
- Commons gallery: Natural gas[10]
- Product or material produced: electrical energy[11]
- OpenStreetMap tag: resource=gas[12]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], The New Student's Reference Work[15], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16]
- Has characteristic: odorlessness[17], colorlessness[18]
- Different from: gas[19]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000552[20]
- Permanent duplicated item: natural gas[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22], WikiProject Climate change[23]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for natural gas include Gas City[24], a city in the United States[25], in United States[26], founded in 1867[27] and Gas[28], a city in the United States[29], in United States[30], founded in 1898[31].
Why It Matters
natural gas has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 95 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]
Entities named for it include Gas City[24], a city in the United States[25], in United States[26], founded in 1867[27] and Gas[28], a city in the United States[29], in United States[30], founded in 1898[31].