The costs of this greatly outweigh the benefits. Each year the industry contributes around $2.5 billion to the New Zealand economy. It brings in about $750 million worth of export receipts. It generates approximately $500 million in royalties and income tax for the Crown. Now, it is adding value to this country, and even the Climate Change Commission has said that we are going to need gas to take us through into the future, because we have a black hole coming in this country when it comes to energy, I predict, and I'm not talking about coal but it will be filled up with coal. We've burnt more coal in three months of this year than we burnt in the whole of 2016 and 2017. We know we need gas to help us get through to 2035. The Climate Change Commission knows we need gas to help us get through this transition period, which Government actually defines transition as: "Well, let's ban, let's cut things off, and let's figure out what's going to happen in the middle and let the lights go off." 