Some of the other submitters, though, were for this bill; for example, Mercury, who were in strong support for this bill. They said "In the absence of one or more significant upstream exploration discoveries, natural gas in New Zealand will become increasingly scarce over the next decade. As identified by the Interim Climate Change Committee [at the time], these remaining gas reserves are critical if we are to become a low carbon economy as it is the most efficient bridging fuel available to support the electrification of transport and process heat."