I believe your main point is
I believe your main point is correct: natural gas will be the fundamental energy conversion source on this planet for the next few generations.
Here in Italy I chuckle every time I see a title like this articles. Today one half of all new cars purchased in Italy are bi-fuel, with compressed methane taking the lion's share of those. There are now fueling stations dotting most of the country, so these cars run conveniently at a cost that is looking a lot like nonexistent as gasoline and diesel prices are scraping up against the €2/liter mark (that's US$9.75 today--can you say "ten dollars a gallon"?).
The refueling infrastructure grew up in the days when methane was convenient, but never at the rate you are seeing in the US. You will see huge investment in the vehicle sector now that new tight gas technologies have crashed the methane market. Hopefully the US legislators will let the market go that way, and they will stay out of this business, letting it grow in the most efficient way.
Electricity generation using natural gas also brings high efficiency with extremely low pollution rates (you know, NOx, SOx, particulates, CO, etc.--the stuff that makes us sick). That makes it easier to use while remaining safer for the public than other affordable forms of conversion.
Oh, and forget electric cars. Can you imagine putting a 10" thick lead gas tank weighing a couple of tons in your mid-sized Chevy? One that only holds 5 gallons of gas? That's pretty much what an electric car is.
In your comment you bring a lot of ideology to a mostly economic argument. The rebirth of natural gas will be fueled by the same market forces that have kept coal and petroleum running the world since the industrial revolution started. It's merely a question of costs in a global marketplace.