That's probably not a terribly stupid idea; transporting energy as gas in a pipeline might be significantly more efficient than electricity through wires. The

That's probably not a terribly stupid idea; transporting energy as gas in a pipeline might be significantly more efficient than electricity through wires. The oil and gas are going to be extracted as long as the global market prices make it worthwhile to do so. The only way that changes is if renewables come down in price enough to make fossil extraction uneconomical. So the more we build out, the better, even if it happens at the same time as fossil extraction.