Don't the inevitable methane leaks from natural gas create more of a GHG effect than the CO2 emitted from burning it? It's not just the environment disasters like in California, but everyday minor leaks.
Methane has a short half life in the atmosphere ~10 years ish and there is already quite a bit of it there. So, it's only really important when the amount released is increasing relative to the average released over the last 20 year. AKA if they cut release in 20 years then (ed: it's contribution to) temperature would drop fairly quickly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_methane
Note it does break down into more CO2 than the wieght of Methane because Oxygen molecules are heavy.
The real risk is if warming the arctic starts to release a lot of stored methane, which would be very bad.
Note it does break down into more CO2 than the wieght of Methane because Oxygen molecules are heavy.
The real risk is if warming the arctic starts to release a lot of stored methane, which would be very bad.