"Green" policies are destroying this country

This is a stunning post, you seem to be outlining the problem, how it is backed by science, has escalated and yet seem to think nothing should be done or that all of the people involved in this are not acting in good faith?

A really bizarre post. It's 2.24am here, maybe I'll read it tomorrow after I've slept and it will make sense in some way.

Yes, climate change HAS become a religion and religion brings its share of fanatics (XR, Insulate Britain, Thornberg) and a witch hunt of those who don't go along with their "infallible" beliefs.

Yes, OP, gullible is the right description. As proven during Covid the Irish believed every word that came out of the mouth of an egomaniac who ruled the country based on the wildly speculative and totally inaccurate predictions of his snake oil fortune teller going under the grand title of "Chair of the Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group".

The majority of the country will not have experienced long power cuts before.

When their phones are suddenly not working, their Internet idle, no Facebook, no Instagram, no Twitter, no Netflix, food decaying in their fridges, no heat, not to mention not being able to even boil a kettle I hope they will finally come to understanding the folly of replacing proven and reliable generating technology by a system that only works when the wind blows.

No human beings have the power to foretell the future, no human beings have the power to stop the forces of Nature - no matter how many diplomas they have, no matter how many letters after their name or whatever grand titles they hold.

wouldnt worry too much about this poster, theyve been posting debunked beliefs about environmental issues since forever

The reality of that can be seen in wind turbine output on May 1st 2021 when there was little wind anywhere across NorthWest Europe and solar power is irrelevant after sunset (grid balancing needed due to sudden dip in output, that's why they have to put in batteries to smooth out dips until coal and gas plants can be bought online) and for 2 months of the year during Northern hemisphere Winter season (look at Germany) solar is irrelevant. The continental European grid has narrowly avoided serious outages several times last year, it is already stretched and Germany has been shutting down coal and nuclear power. Irish authorities are creating a 500KM interconnector to France to avail of nuclear power. Remember peak demand for electricity happens in Winter and very often we get severe cold fronts hanging over much of Western Europe.

You gave an analogy of the kettle during the ad break, guess what will happen with electric cars (BEV). It takes 30 minutes to fast charge a car, you arrive at a charging station all the chargers are occupied, you wait at minimum 30 minutes or even longer for the people in front of you to charge which means an hour or more hanging around the forecourt. Since most of your travels are commuting, you decide to charge at home, so you arrive home at 6:30 - 7 PM and plug in the car to charge overnight ready for the next day, so does everyone else . . . nope that's not going to happen, that's why we have smart meters to reduce demand.

• E-car chargers will turn off to prevent blackouts

Remember European governments goals by 2030 are to shift the majority of the population from consuming primary energy sources (oil,gas,coal,turf) to secondary source (electricity) and the same plan is being imposed across European countries who are also phasing out the old coal and nuclear plants so there is no reserve in the system.

• 70% random energy
• just under ~1 million BEVs
• ~400,000 heat pumps

This is what needs to happen to avoid future substantial economic disruption due to the lack of electricity.

• An immediate suspension by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) till further notice of Renewable Electricity Support System auction (RESS) auctions. If wind turbine or solar panel operators want to build new sites, let them do so without guaranteed subsidies.
• An "intermittentcy surcharge" to be imposed on wind and solar power, so that they pay the cost of providing standby power.
• A rule insisting that all new wind and solar plants include sufficient storage to supply nameplate capacity for, say, one week.
• Abolition of carbon pricing, which has distorted market mechanisms, and is largely responsible across Europe for the massive rise in energy prices this year.
• Immediate suspension of moves to electric cars and heat pumps.
• Abandoning strategic plans which rely heavily on imported power, and replacement with plans which prioritise the provision of sufficient, reliable home grown power.

You are completely ignoring the issues created by fossil fuel use.

Your argument would have been similar to telling people to continue smoking irrespective of the known consequences just so as to not impact the tax revenue that came from tobacco sales.

Can you answer the following?

• Do you believe there are issues with the use of fossil fuels which will significantly impact the climate and the quality of life of people in the near future?
• How do you propose to limit this potential impact?

Why are subsidies for renewable energy bad but you never mention the trillions that fossil fuels get in subsidies all the time?

Yep. Right now a lot of our energy generation capacity is simply wasted. BEVs can tap into this wasted potential for net zero cost to the peak grid demand

1500%

absolutely agree, pup payments have more or less proven, giving citizens money directly is far more beneficial to all, in particular the economy itself

all important to remember, the abilities of the market to be able to provide us with all our needs is clearly untrue, we must be mature now and accept this, even though markets will need to play a critical part in trying to do so, but not entirely

We think the little savings in energy consumption will inspire shithole countries to saving the planet.

Eamon Ryan and Roderick O'Gorman have these Notions that think that people in places like Nigeria, Russia, Phillipines, Brazil, Indonesia will just adapt to the Euro-Western Way of reducing your quality of life to save the planet.

I'll tell you right now it won't effing happen. If the leaders of any of these countries start introducing carbon taxes, driving up petrol prices, electricity shortages etc, it ain't going to be a strongly worded letter being sent, it's military coups and lynch mobs.

Massive countries like Nigeria, Congo, Bangladesh, parts of India etc are barely functioning, let alone going to reduce their carbon footprint. If workers are not able to go work because of the price costs of buses or driving cars or their moped to work, it will be off to the local politicians office to beat the crap out of them.

The Roddy O'Gormans, Eamon Ryan's of this world do not understand the world outside of Renelagh and Phibsborough.

ireland isnt that bad, i certainly wouldnt call it a sh1thole

who in their right mind voted for these lunatics

Why can't some more control be introduced at a consumer level?

Why don't we have low voltage energy options to light our homes at night - separate led circuit with stored battery power charged by small windmill?, more widespread easier/cheaper use of solar water heating? rainwater recovery systems used for toilet flushing to reduce water processing demand (why are we flushing fully treated drinking water anyway?). Why is there hardly any use of community heating schemes in this country? Why is there no physical 'off' switch on practically every electrical appliance that you can buy .... everything has a sleeping 'standby' mode with associated led burning through the night and appliances wasting energy waiting on input that never comes, while also shortening their operating life as the power supply capacitors dry out. Why do different council areas have different recycle policies and options - some take items that others don't , some charge for items that others don't? Why are green bins (recycle) coloured blue in the midlands and the domestic refuse (non recycle) bin is green - seems like a minor pedantic point, but when you then get told on the news to put your soft plastics in your green bin - there lies a confusion problem that simply shouldn't exist in what should be a nationally managed and operated system.

Despite being among the very first countries up to declare a national climate emergency... we are not dealing with environmental and energy issues on a national basis - set up one super environmental and energy department, give someone with a bit of cop and clout the total responsibility and get it done. The only option we seem to be considering seriously, is to try and catch up on large scale generation after years of not having a plan and then also using the big tax and price increase stick to beat consumers into using less energy, that they will then be charged more for, because since we were forced to give up our nationally managed service and hand the market over to private enterprise, profits have to be made.

The issues are too big to expect companies motivated by profit to get us out of the problems we are in - unless we are prepared to be continually fleeced in the process.