Can 'Natural' Gas be Renewable?
Natural gas is mainly methane and is used for making energy in power stations, or for heating and cooking in our households. We also use it to make ammonia based fertiliser. Without natural gas many of us would be freezing in winter and eating cold food only. It also produces half as much emissions than its cousin, the much maligned coal.
Natural gas is a fossil fuel because it is the left over from organic matter from millions of years ago. Therefore, releasing its carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere can upset the subtle balance of our atmosphere. Releasing dioxide emissions or the equivalents from renewable fuels is not counted in the greenhouse gas balance, as we assume these gases can be absorbed and renewed, whereas to re-create natural gas made over millions of years would take… well… millions of years.