How do we use methane in our every day life?

Question

I have a science question that asks how methane is used as and alternative fuel. can you help me?

Answer 1

Natural gas (principally made up of methane) is used both as a fuel and as a raw material in the manufacture of chemicals. As a residential fuel, it is burned in furnaces, water heaters, cooking stoves, and clothes dryers. As an industrial fuel, it is burned in kilns (special furnaces) used to bake bricks and ceramic tiles and to produce cement. Natural gas is also used for generating steam in water boilers and as a source of heat in glass making and food processing.

Natural gas serves as a raw material for creating petrochemicals, which are chemicals that are specifically derived from natural gas or petroleum. In turn, petrochemicals are used as a base product for making fertilizers, detergents, pharmaceuticals, plastics, and numerous other goods.

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Answer 2

Methane is important for electrical generation by burning it as a fuel in a gas turbine or steam boiler.

Methane in the form of compressed natural gas is used as a fuel for vehicles, and is claimed to be more environmentally friendly than alternatives such as gasoline/petrol and diesel.