Authored by Larry Behrens via RealClearEnergy,
As temperatures near 100 degrees across the country, the last thing on the minds of most Americans are worrying about is…heat.
Not the summer heat. The other kind.
Winter is coming, and in just a few months, millions of Americans will move from cranking up their air conditioners to firing up their furnaces. Fortunately, the same American energy source that kept millions cool during the recent heat wave is already preparing to keep them warm this winter.
Natural gas.
During the recent massive heat wave, electricity demand surged. It was natural gas leading electricity generation during peak hours in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, New York, and New England. Even those leftist "keep it in the ground" blue hairs were cooled by fossil fuels.
The conclusion was hard to miss. When millions of Americans needed their air conditioners, natural gas showed up. That should not surprise anyone who remembers Winter Storm Fern just a few months ago.
As bitter cold spread across more than 30 states in January, electricity demand soared. At the height of the storm, natural gas, coal and nuclear combined to provide roughly 80% of America's electricity. Funny how quickly arguments about the "energy trans
