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Yes. Natural gas is mostly methane, which is a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide. Burning natural gas produces carbon dioxide, though not as much as oil or coal.

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Is natural gas the major cause of the greenhouse effect?

In terms of greenhouse effect, natural gas is more benign than coal or oil, because it provides a greater heating effect per unit of carbon dioxide produced. It is therefore not the major cause of the greenhouse effect.


Does natural gas cause pollution?

Burning natural gas produces carbon dioxide emissions, which contribute to climate change. Additionally, natural gas extraction and transportation can result in methane leaks, which is a potent greenhouse gas and contributes to air pollution.


Does natural gas harm the environment?

Burning natural gas emits carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. Extraction and transportation of natural gas can also lead to methane leaks, which is a potent greenhouse gas.


Is natural gas considered to be positive or negative for the environment?

Negative. Natural gas (methane) is a dangerous greenhouse gas causing global warming and climate change. Burning it releases carbon dioxide, another powerful greenhouse gas. There is no way natural gas is positive for the environment.


What potent greenhouse gas found in natural deposits and landfills?

Methane. It's also called natural gas.


Does nature produce greenhouse gases?

Natural gas is a greenhouse gas, methane, and when it is burnt it releases the other greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide.


What does the greenhouse effect have to do with the Carbon cycle and the Oxygen cycle?

Co2 is a greenhouse gas. It cause for global warming.


What is a greenhouse gas containing only hydrogen and oxygen?

Water vapor is a greenhouse gas that contains only hydrogen and oxygen.


Is propane cleaner than natural gas?

Propane is considered cleaner than natural gas because it produces fewer greenhouse gas emissions when burned.


What natural greenhouses gases are associated with the greenhouses effect?

A greenhouse gas is a gas in the atmosphere that takes in and releases radiation. The greenhouse effect is more of a process in which radiation is emitted in different directions after being absorbed by greenhouse gases.


Is ozone a greenhouse gas?

Yes, ozone is considered a greenhouse gas. While ozone in the stratosphere protects us from the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation, at ground level it can contribute to warming the Earth's surface as a greenhouse gas.


Is electricity produced by burning greenhouse gases?

When coal and oil are burnt to generate electricity, they are converted almost entirely to greenhouse gases. When natural gas is burnt to generate electricity, some of it is converted to water and some is converted to carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. Because of this, natural gas is preferable as a fuel, compared to coal and oil. Generating electricity from wind, water flow (hydro-electricity), solar energy and hot rocks (geothermal electricity) emits no greenhouse gases.