Question for geologists and people knowledgeable on fossil fuels:
It has become trendy (casual conversation) to shit on “natural gas” as a “branding trick”. By calling it natural as opposed to methane, people assume it as clean, pure, virtuous, etc.
My understanding there are four naturally occurring gases, methane, butane, propane, and ethane and they’ve been discovered and used for well over a century.
So the question is: is calling them natural gas marketing or science? And pointing out the reaction to the labeling very disingenuous?
Should it be called “natural gas” or “methane”? - Yale Program on Climate Change Communication