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[-] Mountaineer@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because burning it (mostly methane) creates/releases greenhouse emissions such as CO2 and N2O.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 17 points 1 year ago

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

[-] bigkix@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you.

[-] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 14 points 1 year ago

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

Anything can be a gas naturally.

[-] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago

Nothing beats organic grain-fed coal.

[-] pedro@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

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

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