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Better than what? Costs of extraction make NatGas a poor environmental choice, if for no other reason than extraction leakage--about 3%. NatGas is mostly methane, some 25 times more potent a greenhouse gas than CO2.

Reflector ovens are the only sustainable way to go.

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