{"id":492,"date":"2020-12-07T20:46:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T20:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/?p=492"},"modified":"2020-12-11T23:41:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T23:41:31","slug":"propane-versus-natural-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/2020\/12\/07\/propane-versus-natural-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"Propane versus Natural Gas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='epvc-post-count'><span class='epvc-eye'><\/span>  <span class=\"epvc-count\"> 3,131<\/span><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.familiesforcleanair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/chart_circles.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The debate about clean or green heat options rages on. The BVLD AMS wants to move you from a fossil fuel to a renewable energy. While we finalize our rebate offering for the 2021 season we discuss these issues and more. Here are some links&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I learned that propane is one of the fuels that make up natural gas but on it&#8217;s own it&#8217;s slightly less toxic to water and soil in a spill. Also I learned that&#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One cubic foot of propane equals 2,516 BTUs, while one cubic foot of natural gas equals 1,030 BTUs. That means,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.santaenergy.com\/blog\/how-to-read-a-tank-gauge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">propane is more than twice the energy of natural gas<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the cost per gallon is less for natural gas, you\u2019ll use more of it to heat the same appliances. If you get two times the heat from propane, naturally, you\u2019ll use less fuel.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/cdn.p-n.io\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/cdn.p-n.io<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ducnguyennguyen403.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/07\/human_fingerprints_med2.jpg\">Human Impacts and Climate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/campaign\/climate-change\">Health and Climate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/environment\/climate-change\/cng\/methodology\/2017-pso-methodology.pdf\">For quantifying greenhouse gas emissions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3,131 The debate about clean or green heat options rages on. The BVLD AMS wants to move you from a fossil fuel to a renewable energy. While we finalize our rebate offering for the 2021 season we discuss these issues and more. Here are some links&#8230;. I learned that propane is one of the fuels that make up natural gas but on it&#8217;s own it&#8217;s slightly less toxic to water and soil in a spill. Also I learned that&#8230;&nbsp; One cubic foot of propane equals 2,516 BTUs, while one cubic foot of natural gas equals 1,030 BTUs. That means,&nbsp;propane is more than twice the energy of natural gas.&nbsp; While the cost per gallon is less for natural gas, you\u2019ll use more of it to heat the same appliances. If you get two times the heat from propane, naturally, you\u2019ll use less fuel.&nbsp;http:\/\/cdn.p-n.io Human Impacts and Climate Health and Climate For quantifying greenhouse gas emissions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495,"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions\/495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}