Natural Gas and Hydrogen describes the technology and scale of the infrastructure that has evolved to produce, transport, and consume natural gas. It emphasizes the business of natural gas production and the energy futures markets that have evolved as vehicles for both speculation and risk management. This resource focuses on possible advantages to the adoption of hydrogen as well as the barriers that have so far prevented large-scale fuel switching. An interview with Dr. Ray Boswell of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory discusses his work in identifying and characterizing methane hydrate reserves, one of the most promising fields of energy research today.

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pt. 1: Natural gas. Early gas technologies and policies -- The nature of natural gas -- Transporting and storing natural gas -- Electricity generation -- The restructured natural gas market -- Energy markets and energy politics -- pt. 2: Hydrogen. The physical and chemical properties of hydrogen -- The hydrogen economy -- Government policies.