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Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 3US Natural Gas Gains Dominance as Fracking and Power Demand Reshape 250-Year Energy Mix
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 3Summary
- Natural gas has become the defining fuel in the latest shift of the US energy mix, extending a 250-year progression from wood to coal to oil.
- Fracking underpins that rise by unlocking abundant domestic supply, while booming electricity demand gives gas a growing role in power generation.
- Political backing has reinforced the fuel’s advance, helping cement gas as a central part of the US economy and energy system.
- The report frames the next question as durability: whether gas can sustain its ascendancy as demand, policy support and market conditions evolve.
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