"Green" policies are destroying this country

Believe it or not, back in 2007, I realised that the AGW/CO2 madness and the degree to which Irish people get sucked into religious beliefs, lead me to believe climate taxes would become so great they would bankrupt normal people. One of my most precient predictions comming true right now. Imagine it going forward as the CO2 taxes rise year on year: absolutebonkers.ie

You can collect some when you are getting the baby oil before visiting Teri.

Cumulatively random generation provided about 30 per cent of Irish electricity in 2021 compared with nearly 40 per cent in 2020, yes, you read that correctly despite more turbines overall output fell due to lack of wind. On top of that Dublin already has a constrained electricity supply situation, forget about more fast chargers for BEVs for a few years. Eirgrid are already redlining, the safety margin is gone and by 2030 at the current progression the country will be even more dependent on gas.

This is a recurring capacity payments cost to provide more gas backup. Random energy generation is not cheap if you want a reliable grid.

The price increases are not a short term problem either and who is paying the balancing costs as a result of micro-generation?

Well thank you for the wiki link 😶

Inflations benefits those with large liabilities as the value of their debts is eroded. Great news for big business to help erode their debts, sure they can always just put up their prices too. Not great for the layman - he cannot just increase his wage he receives from his employer.

If you arent getting wage increases to match or beat inflation you are actively losing money. And it is infact a zero sum game - so just as most people are worse off from inflation, those who arent losing (cronies) are winning and making money.

Has to be 100% grant and no eligibility criteria, anyone over forty isn't going to go into forty grand of debt for something they'll never see a payback for. Basically the bailout the banks got given to every house in the land, you want rid of oil and solid fuel heating there is no alternative .Greening cannot be profit led,

Irish Times reporting that the grants will be only 50% of the total cost so people will still be expected to dig deep or take out loans. Laughable.

I'm 43 and counting down to the year when my mortgage is finally paid off. Why would I be stupid enough to add another 30k of debt on to my household? Won't be signing up to this deal on its current basis.....

This will prove to be the greatest con-trick of all time.

I hope people will not be led astray into giving into this Green nonsense and getting themselves into even further massive debt for the rest of their lives. Think what else you could do with that sort of money if you had it.

There are firms out there salivating thinking about the money they stand to get from the mugs who have been coerced and/or fooled into believing the way forward is to be housed in what is virtually a sealed container half-heated by an inefficient and noisy heat pump working all day.

You'll have to use fan heaters or plug-in radiators to keep warm in colder weather.

If you live in a housing estate, out in your back garden you'll be driven insane listening to the constant noise from your own pump plus at least the two houses either side of you and the three behind you.

Everything to do with the Greens costs money and it's all based on the same type of fear-mongering we suffered under NPHET.

Don't be fooled again.

The bottom line to remember is that even if everyone in Ireland went through all this financial sacrifice it would not make even the slightest difference to the climate.

...wouldnt be worrying about it too much, only a certain proportion of people will be willing and able to do so.....

It's capped at €25k and I got the impression last night that you could be waiting quite a while even if the grant is approved,

There'll have to be fixed electricity costs to make any justification as the current trend would suggest that if you halved the usage the unit cost would increase to cover the loss to the ESB.

Any loan will likely be 10 years at 3-4%, €400 a month on top of existing payments