The Grattan study also found the gas recovery plan would not lower energy prices. “The east coast has already burned most of its low-cost gas, and will not go back to the good old days of low prices, so gas will become an increasingly expensive energy source.” Nor, it said, does gas stack up as a “transition fuel”. “As Australia’s coal-fired power stations retire over coming decades, it would be more expensive to replace them with gas than to switch to more renewable energy such as wind and solar.” A study by The Australia Institute on November 16 drew similar conclusions. It found 82% of Australia’s gas production goes to exports. The liquefied natural gas (LNG) export industry uses 12 times as much gas as the entire manufacturing industry and more than twice the amount used by households.