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Short answer: its renewable.

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Naturally formed pockets of methane will not renew themselves for thousands of years. However, methane can be made from biodegradable organic materials and those materials are renewable.

So while it may be possible for us to use up all the naturally stored methane underground (though its not likely); we can always just make more by growing the organic materials needed to create it.

So it depends on which source of methane you are talking about, naturally formed pockets of it are not renewable, but man made methane is renewable.

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