Cleaner air. A more competitive edge in the global marketplace for America. Substantial consumer savings. These are just several of the incalculable benefits tied to the safe development of clean-burning domestic natural gas. Here is a look at these far-reaching benefits, by the numbers:

0.4 acres of land

 Protecting habitat is another key eco-priority: Fracking succeeds here, too. An SAIC/RW Beck study found that natural gas companies use 0.4 acres of land to generate a year’s supply of electricity for 1,000 households. (New York Post op-ed, 12/4/13)

$1.99 a gallon

 A new compressed natural gas filling station is up and running in Williamsport. River Valley Transit just finished the 6 million dollar project, making it the latest CNG Fill Station in Pennsylvania. … The company uses the fuel station to fill its CNG buses. It is also open to the public. They’re selling CNG for a $1.99 a gallon. (WRBE-TV, 12/3/13)

70%

In 2030, shale gas accounts for over 70 percent of U.S. natural gas production, compared with just 2 percent in 2000 and 44 percent in 2013. Inexpensive natural gas has boosted the U.S. economy and increased its competitiveness in the world economy. (New York Times, Daniel Yergin, 11/27/13)

2003

 About two-thirds of the Pennsylvanians who heat their homes with natural gas are heading into December paying the lowest prices in a decade for this time of year. Gas prices for six out of 10 regulated utilities are at a December low since 2003, according to the Pa. PUC. … Utilities credit the huge volume of gas being produced from the Marcellus Shale formation underneath Pennsylvania for pushing down prices. In most cases, prices this December are less than half of December 2008’s prices, when the drilling boom was just beginning. Natural gas is Pennsylvania’s most prevalent home heating fuel, used in more than half of the state’s nearly 5 million households. (Associated Press, 12/3/13)

1,100 very large buildings in New York City

 The state of New York … is benefiting from a fracking-fueled drilling boom in next-door Pennsylvania. … “This year alone we’re going to have converted more than 1,100 very large buildings in New York City,” says Christine Cummings, a section manager in [Con Edison’s] gas conversion group. (NPR, 11/28/13)

13,000 Pa. Residential Homes

 Plans are underway to establish an electricity generating facility near Nicholson that by next year will tap into the Marcellus shale gas beneath its feet and produce enough energy to power 13,000 residential homes. (Scranton Times-Tribune, 11/27/13)

6.2%

 UGI Penn Natural Gas announced today that customers’ purchased gas cost rates will decrease on December 1, 2013 due to lower wholesale natural gas costs. As a result, the average residential heating customer’s bill will decrease approximately 6.2 percent. … UGI Utilities Vice President of Rates Paul Szykman said: “The availability of significant supplies of locally produced Marcellus Shale gas continues to have a beneficial impact on natural gas prices. UGI PNG natural gas prices remain very affordable. Also, many new customers who’ve recently converted to natural gas from other fuels will be seeing extra savings.” (Release, 11/27/13)