Methane Emissions far greater than believed from Natural Gas production

A major new study blows up the whole notion of natural gas as a short-term bridge fuel to a carbon-free economy.
Natural gas is mostly methane (CH4), a potent heat-trapping gas. If, as now seems likely, natural gas production systems leak 2.7% (or more), then gas-fired power loses its near-term advantage over coal and becomes more of a gangplank than a bridge.


http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/11/25/2988801/study-methane-emissions-natural-gas-production/