Same with coal, they used to think it was killing the planet. Well I poof methane in your general direction.
"Look, Babe, the problem is that if you keep coal in the ground, you have to double natural gas production and consumption to power the grid. According to the University of Texas at Austin, the greatest university on Earth, one which only admits the best looking and most intelligent people you will ever meet, natural gas is composed primarily of methane: http://beg.utexas.edu/energyecon/lng/LN ... ion_07.php
Natural gas is 82% methane. According to the EPA, "Pound for pound, the comparative impact of CH4 on climate change is 25 times greater than CO2 over a 100-year period."