"Green" policies are destroying this country

This energy crisis is a combination of factors that have been building for 2 decades and all come to head starting with the Covid lockdowns. One of the consequences is problems in integrated circuit production where the parts are not being produced or production runs are terminated and products are end of life. The spare parts are not being made and any available on the market are expensive and have much longer delivery times. This means that a modern tractor or car that needs repair may be out of service until the proprietary parts can be got. Without an operational tractor the field cannot be planted or harvested.

Another problem supply chains are breaking, if farmers cannot get feed (e.g. grain) for cattle in time, they have no choice but to sell the animals much sooner than expected. Natural gas is used to make nitrogen fertiliser, even before the war demand for gas outstripped supply and the price doubled, the reason for the supply/price imbalance was due to an extended cold Spring in Europe and a Summer with low wind that ran down gas supplies. Eveyone needed to go into the market at once to build up supplies for Winter resulting in price rises. Fertiliser is expensive and scarce, Farmers have to re-evaluate their planting and provisioning decisions and reduce their inputs, meaning their outputs are reduced and it is uneconomic to grow certain foods, i.e. no production and less employment (a lot of farming work is seasonal). This eventually translates to empty shelves.

No money, no debt can help when the goods are not being produced, you end up with is the classic too much money chasing too few goods. The cost of living keeps rising, people can no longer afford to work for previous wages, they either get a pay rise or they stop working, migrate or change jobs. The cost of production keeps rising. Cost pressures mean business must do more with less, i.e. workforce reduction or substitution with automation or outsourcing. Green policies are just one aspect of a multifaceted problem built around energy scarcity and exploding debt.

What other forms of renewables are actually viable to fill the gap in this country?

From that article by a solar panel salesman.

The more random energy is put in the grid the more expensive electricity becomes, look at Denmark and Germany. The reason is the balancing costs AND you need a to maintain a reserve of reliable generation plant and fuel for the frequent times wind and solar do not perform. The reserve generation does not go down as wind and solar increase, plus the fuel reserve actually goes up because the loss of wind and solar is bigger.

Nope. The independent survey shows that Barryroe contains large reserves of natural gas and oil. The company have stated just last month that they plan to proceed with an appraisal well at the field in 2023 (this is last step before extraction) subject to ministerial approval, which could pave the way first production in 2026. The main thing which is now seems to be holding up the final phase is Mr Ryans stonewalling.

Jesus.

You are an absolute melt 😂🤦‍♂️.

I knew you were a WUM.

You haven’t answered a damn thing.

Strange advice from someone the post wasn`t even addressed to.

If people weren`t posting needless "advice" and incorrect claims I wouldn`t feel the need to reply. So in essence you are addressing the wrong poster. That is unless you believe incorrect statements should not be challenged ?

I can see how that would make life easier for some here alright.

Looks like all those cheap solar panals so loved by Europeans and manufactured in factories power by Chinese coal and/or with slave labour could well be a thing of the past.

Christ, the hypocrisy of greens is truly mind boggling.

It`s fine where it suits their agenda that their beloved solar panels are manufactured using energy from coal burning plants from a country that is one of the worlds top CO2 emitters, who are building over 30 more such plants, who have one of the worst humanitarian record, even to the extent they are now using slave labour to manufacture those beloved solar panels.

They are also fast off the mark when it comes to telling us about our commitments and fines we will suffer from the E.U. if we do not comply with their wishes, yet have the gall to tell us we should not touch LNG that the E.U. has no problem with while ignoring that we are not in E.U. compliance on energy security even now, and will be even less so if the greens get their way and ban LNG.

That is the modern Greens summed up alright. If they went back to the core principles of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle - then they'd get a bit more respect. But to get bums on seats and ministries, they need to buy into the growth model and so we hear Mr.Ryan trumpeting about Ireland being a leader in Green Technology. Buy, sell, churn the market - all OK as long as it's Green tech.

More Saudi Arabia of wind type nonsense, like all these schemes big on hype and light on detail. Come back to me when you have a zero-carbon solution that works reliably in the winter, when energy demand is highest but sunshine is lowest and winds can drop for days at a time.

the west are responsible for the growth of china in the first place by farming lots of it's manufacturing out there for cheap labour so it is not in a position to criticise china on that issue.

That at least one major player is now poised to extract large volumes of natural gas shows you are incorrect.

The current economic situation and global security issues means our national reserves are now more viable than ever. And Barryroe is certainly not the only potential natural resource which is now both strategically important and viable.