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[Moontanman]

Yes, methane is a socalled "fossil fuel" and it does result in cO2 then burned but it is easier to get than oil, cleaner than oil and could be a stepping stone to hydrogen. Hydrogen is not any where near as available as methane, it will take many years to bring significant levels of hydrogen to the market. Methane is here now and is a gas like hydrogen. changing from oil to hydrogen is a big step and we will have to depend on oil for a long time while we make the change. methane should have been started on a wide spread basis 40 years ago but it can still be used as a stepping stone while we change to another energy source. to go to hydrogen or battery power will require lots of electricity, Nuclear, solar, geothermal, all these will be necessary to make the switch to hydrogen but we don't have the capacity to generate even a fraction of the necessary hydrogen right now. Using Methane could do a lot to get us off the oil tit and allow us to change to other energy sources at the same time.