Ed Miliband is reportedly determined to keep the promise of Labor to 'forbid fracking for the good' – despite the discovery of a gigantic British gas field that could offer a decade of fuel.
The energy secretary said yesterday that he would adhere to the commitment of his party – although the Lincolnshire field could create jobs, reduce the dependence on the UK on imports and convey it while renewable energy sources are expanding.
Great -Britain is confronted with a huge shortage of gas between now and 2050, of more than one trillion cubic meters of gas, according to modeling by the government's climate watchdog.
If the nation cannot deliver itself, the UK will be enormously dependent on foreign entry to increase its reserves, the Climate Change Committee said – decreasing North Sea – reserves will only be able to compensate for a fifth of the deficit.
Gas has also been called a 'bridging fuel' by experts, while the nation of oil to more renewable energy sources, as well as electricity, goes in the search for net zero.
It has been suggested that the gas field in the city of Gainsborough would also create thousands of jobs, according to early findings from the company that made the discovery, Egdon Resources.
But a spokesperson for Mr. Miliband said: 'We plan to prohibit Fracking forever, according to our manifest obligations. We will update this in due course. '
The 'Gainsborough Trough' area, where the gas field was discovered, has some geologically comparable counterparts in the United Kingdom -which suggests that there are other parts of Great Britain that can also accommodate gas sources.
Ed Miliband (photo) is determined to keep the promise of Labor to 'forbid fracking for the good' – despite the discovery of a gigantic British gas field that could offer a decade of fuel for a decade
The energy secretary said yesterday that he would adhere to the commitment of his party – although the Lincolnshire field could create jobs and wealth, reduce the dependence on the UK and convey it while renewable energy sources are expanding. Shown: file photo
Shadow Energy Secretary Andrew Bowie warned the 'ideological urge of Labor against Oil and Gas', the country connected to gain access to valuable reserves, to stifle investment investments and to jeopardize hundreds of thousands of jobs.
He added that the government could now act to guarantee energy security – but he believed it wouldn't.
Reform UK MP Richard Tice said that 'sensible countries' would embrace the 'great news' of a discovery of gas field and extract fuel from it to offer cheap, reliable energy and create jobs and growth.
But representing Boston and Skegness in Lincolnshire, where the field was found, he continued: “It is gross negligence due to work and the tories not to want to improve us by using our own energy reserves.”
He promised that Reform UK would change that if the chance was given.
Mr. Miliband supported a constant fracking ban because when the extractions were last tried in 2011, the earth tremors risked.
Many environmental campaigners agree, which suggests that it is better to pay more for energy than to consider considering fracking that they fear that the worsening climate crisis would accelerate.
The energy secretary has also sworn not to allow new research into fossil fuels.
A spokesperson for Mr. Miliband said: 'We plan to prohibit Fracking forever, according to our manifestring obligations. We will update this in due course '
But a third of the electricity of the land and the hot water and heating of the 25 million houses that use gas boilers are fed by natural gas. The UK uses around 75 billion cubic meters of natural gas every year.
A decade ago, research by the British Geological Survey showed that the UK may have had enough of itself, still unused gas reserves to deliver the country for 50 years – and perhaps even centuries.
The energy prices of Great Britain are among the highest worldwide.
A Department of Energy Castery and spokesperson for Net Zero said: 'The greatest risk for our energy security remains dependent on fossil fuel markets.
“Only by sprinting to clean power By 2030 can the VK take control of its energy and protect both family and national finances against prize peaks.”
