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Gas actually contributes more to global warming even than coal does because of the methane (~100x as powerful a warming gas as CO2) also released during extract

• Filligree 10y ago
  On the other hand, methane breaks down fast. It's only an immediate problem; if we didn't release more CO2 than could be absorbed, then we'd have a fairly decent methane budget as well. As it stands, of course, it makes everything worse.