Notice the plethora of ads for Natural Gas lately? According to these ads narrated by a charming, warm spokesman, natural gas will save us from almost every ailment. Why it is "clean burning"! And it can "cook your lunch, power your car, generate electricity, keep us secure from those pesky Middle East terrorists" and cure cancer...nah, I made that last one up.
What they are not saying is that the energy companies are using fracking - a method that inject liquids and foams into the ground at high pressure to fracture the rocks where the natural gas is trapped...thus polluting wells and ground water with not only the fracking chemicals but also the natural gas.
This is how unsuspecting farmers who've been convinced to sell off their mineral rights suddenly find that the water from their kitchen faucet can be lit on fire.
For an inspiring (yet ominous) film on the effects of fracking see the film, GasLand.
And next time you're watching Rachel Maddow and that man with the warm voice tells you of all the wonderful things natural gas can do for you, just shout back, "Frack you, Natural Gas!"