[palmer]

Of course, the greens are using that datum to argue against switching from oil to fracked natural gas due to inevitable pipeline leakage.

They are wrong as usual. In this case there is less methane leakage because of the pipelines. If it were not for pipelines the methane would be released or partially burned off.

[Wonder Warthog]

"They are wrong as usual. In this case there is less methane leakage because of the pipelines. If it were not for pipelines the methane would be released or partially burned off."

All true, of course. But you can't ascribe either knowledgeable or rational thought to leftists. Another glaring contradiction is that they are all in favor of methane when it is harvested from a garbage dump or manure digester.