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The Future of Natural Gas

Subject : This report attempts to analyse the demand for natural gas between now and 2050 in the global context of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.  Through detailed study of the context and the existing reserves in the United States, this report is able to define the governance necessary for the successful management of energy requirements, assuming that the legislative and political framework will determine the consumption patterns to come.

 

Author : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT

 

Date : June 25, 2010

 

Type : Report

 

Intended audience : Government

 

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         Although continuing strong domestic gas supply for the next couple of decades is practically assured, optimization of the resource and long-term supply at lower cost, with decreasing environmental footprint, will call for new technology for unconventional resources. (p 76)