Israeli Waters Are Swimming In Natural Gas

Israel has discovered such large reserves of natural gas offshore, they will be able to discontinue all use of coal in 11 years. With a population of only 8.5 million and a relatively small industrial base, Israel currently uses less than 1% of the natural gas that has been found. They will begin to deliver gas to Egypt later this year. The nation's largest coal power plant will be converted to burn natural gas in the next three years. Currently, Israel has few vehicles that operate on natural gas. Haifa has 15 garbage trucks powered by natural gas. Fifty-nine natural gas powered buses have been imported from China, with another hundred or so in the works.