A report written for the Government is reluctantly conceding there is a role for gas to be burnt to generate electricity. This transition could come at a cost, with small gas users like households or restaurants which cook with gas having to pay higher prices. The paper also says costs will make existing offshore gas fields uneconomic and the fossil gas market may need to rely on gas fields on land. And there should be more development of biogas, even though it could be more expensive than fossil gas. This involves keeping CO2 out of the atmosphere by pumping it into large underground reservoirs, such as deleted gas fields.
