• Mountaineer@lemmy.worldOP
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      Because burning it (mostly methane) creates/releases greenhouse emissions such as CO2 and N2O.

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        And the gas itself leaks allover the distribution network, and is a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2.

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          Fun fact: ‘natural gas’ is a filthy greenwash corporate psiop.

          Anything can be a gas naturally.

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            I understand it as it’s not a byproduct of anything and it exists in this form in the nature

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              If you squint hard enough, theoretically any unnatural product could be heated to the point where it is in it’s natural gaseous state.