This work traces the development of residential natural gas
markets in the United States from the beginning of the twentieth
century to the present. It examines how social, economic, and
technological factors interrelated to bring a relatively new energy
source from obscurity to general acceptance by the population. The
author credits the appearance of particular appliances which helped
spawn natural gas use, notes legislative developments such as the
Natural Gas Act of 1938 and the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, and
shows the various effects of regulation and price changes on the
market. The author also demonstrates the use of a general method
for performing a regression analysis when the historical data are
poorly measured.
This study will be of interest to energy economists,
econometricians, and industry specialists, as well as economic and
social historians.
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