Business Spectator: Can Britain keep weaning itself off gas

Gas plays an essential role in the UK's energy mix, providing heat for homes and electricity to sockets. While that's not likely to change in the short term, the fuel will need to be increasingly phased out as the government seeks to decarbonise the energy sector.

A trawl through new government data shows how far the UK's come in recent years, and hints at challenges to come.

The UK currently uses three trillion cubic feet of gas each year. That demand may need to fall by as much as 20 per cent over the next two decades if the UK is going to hit its climate targets.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change's Digest of UK Energy Statistics, released last week, shows how much would need to change for that to happen.
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