§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a year-by-year projection for the period of 1990 to 2010 on the likely introduction of gas-fired power plants for electricity production, by mine output; and what contribution this will make to mitigation of the greenhouse global warming effect.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerIt is for the electricity industry to determine the type and amount of plant needed to meet expected demand. Gas-fired generating plant will have a contribution to make to reduction in emission of carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse gases.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy, pursuant to paragraph 1.6 of Her Majesty's Government's response, HC611, to the Energy Committee's fourth 443W special report on energy policy implications of the greenhouse effect, if he will specify what is meant by bottom-up pressure of sensible ideas; and how he defines sensible ideas in this context.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonIn the context of research relating to the greenhouse effect, it is appropriate that objectives should be specified clearly, in advance, before projects are funded. The scientific and engineering community continues to put forward a variety of suggestions for research, which can be appraised against appropriate objectives. These suggestions represent a bottom-up pressure of ideas. Those proposals which can make a contribution to our scientific understanding, or to possible ways of dealing with the consequences of the greenhouse effect, are examples of sensible ideas.