"Green" policies are destroying this country

Read his evidence to the banking enquiry,

Change like evolution happens on a phased basis.

Green party supporters are happy to make excuses for, or ignore, that some of the major economies on the planet are responsible for the majority of CO2 emissions (64% of all hothouse gases) by their use of coal to generate electricity with few if any of them doing anything much to change, or if COP26 is anything to go by, even commit to changing that. Some even building new coal burning plants. Even for Europe with the present crisis some looking highly likely to increase their use of coal to fill the gap for unreliable and intermittent wind energy.

Yet these same supporters and the Irish Green Party somehow believe that Ireland can make the change from non-renewables to renewables in one fell swoop while ignoring the gap where it is clear that cannot be achieved. Renewables, or more accurately in our case, undependable wind energy is showing that on a daily basis and if anyone doubts that then take a look at your electricity bill.

Nobody is opposed to 100% clean renewable energy, but the question is how are we to get there. Even though there aren`t many others exactly breaking their necks or hurting their economies attempting to do it. The Irish Green Party are on a rampage opposing and banning any energy sources that can fill the gap,while being cheered on here by their supporters who when asked the same question have no answers. Blind faith is not going to change reality.

And yet you're here discussing the issue of energy generation, the need for additional energy sources in the transition to renewables.

Part of that answer for Ireland is indeed fossil fuels in the form of natural gas exploration. The green party have fuked up. It's now time that's fixed.

If you want to look at it in those terms, greenhouses are only heated by the sun, whereas hothouses are heated by artificial sources. On that basis I can only assume your answer to the point I made is that you see the sun being the solution of how we move in one fell swoop from needing non-renewables to fill the gap of unreliable wind energy to 100% renewables.

I can see where you get that idea from. With the Irish Green party rampaging around attempting to ban the use of all and everything non-renewable then there isn`t much else left to fill that gap and keep the lights on. But then how practical is that idea ?

Again I am all ears as to how you see that working.

You may want to look at your figures again

The C02 emissions per capita for the US is twice what it is Ireland

India whose given figure per capita is low is not believed to be in any way accurate and China whilst slightly below our own, now exceeds the EU average per capita emissions for C02 and is rising whilst overall Europe per capita rate is falling

The top five countries currently producing the most CO2 are China, the United States, India, Russia, and Japan.

If those countries fail to step up to the mark then we are simply pissing into the wind.

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/092915/5-countries-produce-most-carbon-dioxide-co2.asp

China are investing in at least 30 new coal burning plants. U.S. increased coal production last year by 18%. Japan, who are building 7 more coal burning plants refused to sign the COP26 agreement saying the wanted to keep their energy requirements open. India where over 75% of their electricity comes from coal would not sign either until the wording was changed from "phasing out coal" to "phasing down coal" Along with Russia these four make up the top five emitters of CO2 on the planet.

Knowing all this the Irish Green party and their supporters still somehow believe we can save the planet single handed by making a magical jump to 100% renewables without nuclear, natural gas, LNG or anything else and not a single idea on how that can be achieved.

It`s magical fantasy thinking.

Again we require a safe, secure and reliable source of energy to facilitate the transition towards a predominantly renewable-based future.

Btw nowhere did I say that was an exhaustive list of all the issues with alternatives. Rather an example of the alternatives we have to pick from and examples of just some of the pitfalls. And yes with mass battery storage - one of the known hazards is fire. Not me saying that btw.

Even with renewables there are significant issues with regard to mining and technology such solar panels etc being manufactured in places like China using electricity generated by means of coal fired power stations.

At the moment the main choices we have to facilitate transition to renewables are nuclear or natural gas. Take your pick.

Irelands CO2 level has dropped sharply in the last 12 years, its at 1980 levels.

No it is not.

It`s about the greens wrecking our economy when it will achieve sweet f a unless the four largest emitters, (with three of that four being among the strongest economies on the planet), who have clearly shown they have no intentions of dropping their use of coal for energy generation.

The transition we have managed so far certainly hasn`t achieved the low cost electricity energy we were told it would, nor will it with the pricing policy favoured by greens. So tell me where is this transition going from here.

How are we going to achieve the transmission to 100% renewable energy where practically all of our renewable energy presently comes from undependable wind that requires non-renewables to keep the lights on where Irish Greens have banned exploration licences, are attempting to ban LNG, will not even consider reopening turf burning stations, will not consider nuclear other than hoping they can scrounge it from elsewhere hoping it will be there at a sufficient level when needed, and plan to close Tarbert next year and Moneytpoint 2 years later. ?