"Green" policies are destroying this country

In a previous post I see that has boilers are to be banned from 2024 for new builds as the builder will have to install a heat pump.

I take it gas boilers will still be available for the majority existing house stock in case a boiler goes faulty?

So new gas and oil boilers will still be available.

Good to know.

Indeed I did read the article.

The article didn`t make it clear, other than stating a number of FG T.D,s what that number was other than Brendan Griffin and Patrick O`Donovan. Even while not knowing the number of T.D.s, from reading the article we do know it is at least twice your number. So I agree with you on your point of it " Worse when people are incapable of reading the article."

I haven`t seen where anyone posted this article as proof that FG or FF were having problems supporting a Green Party dictate in the programee for government, or what you believe what involvement the Healy Rea family had in the programme, but when you see a FG Junior Minister from Limerick and an Taoiseach and leader of FF having problems with the Greens position on LNG, it certainly looks like that old saying of no smoke without fire.

Hopefully this will lead to a general election for the reasons I mentioned earlier.

No rambling. Just pointing out that you had not an iota on electricity charges being determined under the marginal model. Even where you were initially told about it, you attempted to show that it was incorrect until it had to be further explained to you. Since then you have avoided the subject like the plaque.

Gobdaw Gibbons on VM1 saying food should cost 40% of household income, Greens want every penny tied up and everyone living hand to mouth

I do truely wonder how much of this misinformation is simply being repeated ver batim at this stage? With extra irony the whole thing reminds me a little bit of this

But leaving the flipancy aside, the situation in the short to medium term with regard to the natural gas supplies we do need is indeed dire.

Not only have we had green supporters trying to claim incorrectly that Ireland has no current indigenous natural gas reserves and we shouldn't look for any more regardless

Or even where we do have natural gas - they claim we don't need those resources, because we can get what we want from the UK - even where this apparently contravenes the gp policy of minimising foreign imports of fossil fuels

However what's being left out if this pretty story is that by 2030, it is understood that the UK will be importing 75pc of its natural gas from other countries, because of the decline in North Sea production. And when the UK itself is short of gas, there is no guarantee that the UK will export gas to Ireland

"In the absence of new gas fields, Ireland would then be totally dependent on the UK for its gas supply.    These gas imports would likely come from Norway, Russia, Qatar and various countries outside Europe.  Thus, the gas supply route to Ireland would be longer and add a greater risk of supply disruption and price volatility."

Russia is now out as a longterm source of gas for Europe orvthe UK once the North Sea reserves decline But with increasingly scarce supplies Irelands going to be the very last country in Europe looking down an increasingly scarce and expensive natural gas pipeline

If only there was something that could be done ...

This is the exact problem that the dacor and broken angel keep sidestepping.

We need gas as backup until 2050.

Corrib runs out in 2025.

We can’t explore for new gas in our own area due to the GP.

We are reliant on the UK for gas from 2025 on.

What do we do?

You do know a little thing called Brexit occured and the brits have no responsibility to supply us with anything. Just look at their behaviour over the protocol.

Do ye greens actually live in the real world

Baffling that you cant understand that brexit has a massive effect on our ability to secure gas from Britain. In simple terms that you might understand Britain are no longer in the EU SO HAVE NO RESPONSIBIKITY TO SUPPLY US WITH GAS OR ANY ENERGY SOURCE. You have quoted that we will get gas from Britain so of course brexit has an effect on us securing energy.

Its actually hilarous that you cant understand the effect brexit has on our energy security or maybe you do but just choose to ignore it like Eamon and his hydrogen dreams.