> but a much higher amount of methane Err... no. Natural gas is methane, to a good first approximation, but if your plant is emitting methane, it means your p

> but a much higher amount of methane Err... no. Natural gas is methane, to a good first approximation, but if your plant is emitting methane, it means your plant is not operating efficiently. Natural gas power plants burn methane, producing CO2 and water. Edit: if you're talking about production leaks, coal mines emit methane, too, and there's not even a token amount of effort to stop it, nor any incentive to do so. With gas production, every cubic meter that leaks is a cubic meter you don't get to sell. Edit #2: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2021-04/documents/fastfacts-1990-2019.pdf.pdf https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2021-04/documents/fa... Note that coal mines are currently the 5th largest methane emitters. However, that would certainly go up a lot if natural gas were replaced with coal. The number 1 methane emitter, by a fair amount, is still "enteric fermentation" (i.e., farts and burps). Not too that this table does not include all the naturally-produced methane resulting from the normal rotting of vegetation and non-domestic animal manure. I would almost bet that exceeds even the enteric fermentation.