I see it is the normal goverment report everthing
will be alright,with a few over-hyped examples
to show how it might be possiable to do so,
and when things go wrong. They will say the
market did not build the supplies we expected it
is not our falt.
 I run a small hotel, and do not know if I should
change over to electric heating or stay wiyh gas.
May be I should just sell when the first shortages
occour.
Don't change to electric.  The power stations lose their gas before domestic customers when there's a supply crisis.
Surely we will still produce electricty from
coal, nuclear and renewables,even after gas
has become too expensive to generate electricty.
 I think people will forget global warming
once they start suffering power cuts, and will
burn a lot of coal
OK, how do we rank the evils: commercial gas shortage, commercial electrical shortage, residential gas, residential electrical? I think they will be rationed this way:

  1. commercial NG will be cut (without the power stations!)
  2. commercial electricity will be cut/rationed
  3. residential gas will be reduced (you will not freeze if you need to lower your thermostat!)
  4. residential electricity will be cut as a last resort - remember all people that heat with electricity (and also vote)

Turns out that electricity is a better failsafe option IMO. And in the light of the coal and nuclear plants whose building is becoming an almost certainty in future, think it is the right long-term investment. A geothermal heat pump if possible will be best.