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January 2002

Hitting the Natural-Gas Jackpot

There may be enough natural gas on earth to meet our energy needs for thousands of years. The trick is to ferry it across continents without blowing up.

By David Voss

Compared to oil, natural gas is so abundant it's staggering. Proven petroleum reserves are good for another one trillion barrels or so. At today's rate of consumption, they will last about 40 years. Add in oil reserves thought to exist but still undiscovered, and the timeline stretches out some 160 years.

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