article_snippet.sent: Methane, the principle component in natural gas, is usually produced by organic material decomposing.
article_snippet.sent: reservoirs for abiotic methane are secure, and scientists don't believe scientists will impact climate change.
article_snippet.sent: Instead, scientists say similar formations could someday be used to store methane, that can later be used as fuel.
article_snippet.sent: But this estimate is not accounting for Methane.
article_snippet.sent: Methane is the second-largest greenhouse gas contributor to climate change.
article_snippet.sent: The gas is 23 times more potent than carbon dioxide in trapping heat and is currently being targeted by government in an attempt to mitigate global warming.
article_snippet.sent: Methane pollution has declined by 11 per cent since 1990 even as the governments has pushed for greater use of natural gas.
article_snippet.sent: But the longer view on methane pollution show that it will rise.
article_snippet.sent: The Obama administration points to studies that show that methane pollution is projected to increase to a level equivalent to over 620 million tonnes of carbon dioxide pollution in 2030, if no action is taken.
article_snippet.sent: However, methane is also the principle component in natural gas. 
article_snippet.sent: It is a lucrative fuel source, which could contain more energy than all the world's oil, coal and gas put together.
article_snippet.sent: Last year Dr Jason Box who claims that methane will be the main driver of climate change if the main driver of climate change escapes into the atmosphere.
highlights_snippet.sent: Methane is 20 times more effective in trapping heat than carbon dioxide .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: reservoirs for abiotic methane are secure as Methane is trapped in the sediments .
  