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>No? Methane produces less than half the CO2 per kwh than coal.

The important metric is CO2e, not CO2. Critically, CO2e includes measurements of methane emissions.

The problem with methane is that the methane leaks are self-reported, by an industry who have every incentive to under-report and who have a history of massively underreporting. Methane isn't clearly better than coal, and might well be worse.