The hon. Gentleman is kind to give way. I am only intervening again because he is quoting what he says I did or did not say. On the issue of whether we need gas, yes, we need a small amount of gas as a transition fuel to get us to the renewable future that we need, but the question is what to do over the next 10 years. Do we lock ourselves into or put in place the infrastructure for a whole new gas business here in Britain, or do we use the 10 years that it would take to get shale gas going in Britain to invest properly in renewables? There is an opportunity cost and a decision to be made. I would rather we invested in renewables.
UK Shale Gas
Proceeding contribution from
Caroline Lucas
(Green Party)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 18 July 2013.
It occurred during Adjournment debate
and
Backbench debate on UK Shale Gas.
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Reference
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Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
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Subjects
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