Editing Natural gas (section)

==Name==
In the early 1800s, natural gas became known as "natural" to distinguish it from the dominant gas fuel at the time, [[coal gas]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-21 |title=We need to talk about how we talk about natural gas |url=https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/fossil-fuels/we-need-to-talk-about-how-we-talk-about-natural-gas |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Canary Media |language=en}}</ref> Unlike coal gas, which is manufactured by heating coal, natural gas can be extracted from the ground in its native gaseous form. When the use of natural gas overtook the use of coal gas in English speaking countries in the 20th century, it was increasingly referred to as simply "gas."<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.oed.com/dictionary/gas |title=Oxford English Dictionary}}</ref> In order to highlight its role in exacerbating the [[climate crisis]], however, many organizations have criticized the continued use of the word "natural" in referring to the gas. These advocates prefer the term "fossil gas" or "methane gas" as better conveying to the public its climate threat.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leber |first=Rebecca |date=2022-02-10 |title=The end of natural gas has to start with its name |url=https://www.vox.com/22912760/natural-gas-methane-rename |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title="Natural" Gas is Not Clean Energy - It's Climate Endangering Methane Gas |url=https://www.sierraclub.org/minnesota/blog/2022/01/natural-gas-not-clean-energy-it-s-climate-endangering-methane-gas |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=www.sierraclub.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Geman |first=Ben |date=Sep 10, 2021 |title=The high stakes of the natural gas branding battle |url=https://www.axios.com/2021/09/10/natural-gas-branding-battle}}</ref> A 2020 study of Americans' perceptions of the fuel found that, across political identifications, the term "methane gas" led to better estimates of its harms and risks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Should it be called "natural gas" or "methane"? |url=https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/should-it-be-called-natural-gas-or-methane/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Yale Program on Climate Change Communication |language=en-US}}</ref>