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While natural gas can be considered a fossil fuel, it contributes very little pollution, in fact releasing unburned methane (the primary component of natural gas) is far more harmful to the environment and a powerful greenhouse gas (24 times as potent as CO2). Since it leaks out of the earth anyway, burns extremely cleanly and isn't necessarily fossil (it is readily produced from decaying organic matter, Methane doesn't have to be more than a few weeks old), there is nothing wrong with burning it for energy, especially at this time of imminent and critical transition.
Even if your electric car is powered by coal though, it still uses the least amount of energy and requires no foreign
oil.
![waroncoal6.jpg](http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/images/countyfair/waroncoal6.jpg)
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/03/13/8-charts-that-expose-the-war-on-coal-charade/193023
And it leaks out in small amounts. Using that argument is akin to saying that because oil sometimes leaks into the ocean naturally, oil spills aren't that bad.