I remember a time when we were told that natural gas was a fairly cleaning burning fuel, much more so than gasoline.
Nat Gas is a lot “cleaner” in every way than the alternatives, and has a vastly smaller “footprint” than solar or wind. People forget the up-front CO2 “load” of “alternative energy” infrastructure. There are TCO (total cost of ownership) analyses, on a CO2 basis, where Nat Gas is the lowest.