> Plus electric goes out often. Gas doesn’t. That's because when gas lines fail, which they obviously do, they leak instead. And leaking natural gas into the a

> Plus electric goes out often. Gas doesn’t. That's because when gas lines fail, which they obviously do, they leak instead. And leaking natural gas into the air of densely populated areas is of course a bad idea. And since those leaks are just small pressure drops and everything keeps "working" there's much less urgency or incentive to fix it. Unlike circuit breakers & other protective circuits that cut power which prompts immediate action to correct.