Natural gas emits only half the carbon dioxide of coal when burned, but if methane leaks when oil companies extract it from the ground in a sloppy manner - methane is far more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide - it can wipe out all the advantages of natural gas over coal.
I see a lot of damage to Mother Earth. I see water being taken from creeks where water belongs to animals, not to oil companies.
You know how much money the oil companies have? If you need some gas, just go fill your tank off and drive off - they're not going to miss it.
There are going to be questions about what major oil companies are doing with all of the resources they're accumulating. They can't escape that.
I think there's a point to regulating, because there are snake oil companies.