"Green" policies are destroying this country

Lol. Nope. Many posters have pointed out the flaws and inconsistencies with your various comments. See my last comment for a continuation of that. But more importantly, It's not the question and answer exercise you bizarrely seem to think it is.

Other posters have not being asking you "questions" to avail of any presumed god like omni knowledge, where you "answer questions" for them and that's somehow the defacto answer! But rather many posters have gone in to incredible detail to show how your personal logic with regards renewables simply fails to stand up to scrutiny.

The bizarre thing is your present stance completely and utterly ignores the current EU policy on the transition to renewables and the essential need for gas including LNG and nuclear in that transition.

What gives? Do you really believe you know more about this issue , not only of all those here but also of the various experts and legislators in this area? Seriously?

As has been explained to you tens of times we need a secure supply of gas to transition to 100% renewable.

Because you haven’t answered it.

You really are fooling no one.

Indeed we are still here. And not just "three posters". There have been many others. I see again you are setting yourself up as the lone expert in the subject lol

To be fair Broken - if you really believe everyone else here who is in broad agreement with the EU policy on the use of fossil fuels during the period of transition to renewable energy generation, somehow equates to others "struggling" with the topic and not you, there is indeed a problem but it's not with others.

OK as you seem to like the question and answer format as opposed to discussion. Let me ask - do you believe the EU policy on the use of fossil fuels (during the period of transition to renewable energy generation which includes imported LNG and the use of European natural gas) is wrong?

Why the continued and deliberate d misinformation being posted?

In an article dated May last year the company responsible for the Shannon LNG plant stated that pursuant to planning permission being granted in 2021 it expected the €500m liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Shannon to be “online by the second half of next year”.

Now thats not a time line of 8 years or even close! Please provide a link showing the proposed LNG terminal will take to "2030" to complete as you claim.

Please provide a link showing that the addition of LNG gas will increase the price of electricity here as you have claimed.

The EU policy is to support the use of both LNG and natural gas in the period of transition to renewables which it is estimated will take approx 30 years up to 2050 and not 2030 as you claim Why do you chose to ignore these facts and replace them with what amounts to make believe?

Last week that's all the renewable sector was able to provide, Green party seem to think things will just magically appear overnight.

.Ossian Smyth on the Week in Politics seemed to be auditioning for the part of Paul O'Gradys understudy rather than as a government minister.

So when the wind doesn't blow on a dark night the 220MW is all that will be available for the Data centres while the rest of us sit in the dark.

Lol! Maybe banana doesn’t like electricity.

That must be it!

Low density, uncontrollable sources of energy generation require 100% backup, the infrastructure and fuel needed cannot be separated from the price of wind and solar generations regular failure to meet the continuous energy needs of modern Irish society.

Running an 500KM extension cable to France cannot resolve the cost problem and means Irish consumers will pay a premium to import reliable power when needed, assuming it can be had, there are problems on the continental grid.

From the Irish Wind Energy Association

This is clearly economic bubble territory, Irish consumers cannot continue to subsidise that. It does not matter how many turbines exist when there is low or no wind these things sit idle and consume power, these low wind conditions tend to be spread over a large area of Western Europe sometimes for weeks at a time (you should have learned that from 2021). Electricity can only be consumed when it is generated, this means that when weather conditions are favourable, the wind operators will dump energy on the grid for whatever price they can get, the gas and coal backup infrastructure will be sitting idle, it cannot be allowed to go bankrupt so it will be subsidised heavily, the price of electricity to the consumer will not go down because of the infrastructure maintenance and management costs, eventually the mistake will be uncovered, the bubble will burst and the horizon will be dotted with rusting turbines since their operational lifespan at sea is around 10 to 12 years.

They do realise this, the new story to keep the mania going is the "Hydrogen economy". Read The Future of the Hydrogen Economy: Bright or Bleak?

Lol. No. The (your) rules are if you mention Marginal Price policy - you must now explain the alternatives! Otherwise you're "just a spoofer" or so you've claimed 😉

But no your logic does not necessarily follow.

We know gas prices have increased because of shortages and shortfall in supply of gas across Europe.

However If Europe (and by extension Ireland) accesses more sources of gas either through LNG or additional finds of natural gas the price could also go down.

That gas will still be used as the price determiner of electricity with MPS remains either way. And that price can vary 🤔

So to the person who made the unsorted claim that

Then our electricity will increase again as we pay for the migration from LNG to renewables 

yes a link is indeed needed.

Apropos Ipso facto ipso facto ipso facto and etc

"Without provocation" 😅 Ah ffs it now requires 'provocation' to discuss the issue of European Energy costs in reply to comments regarding energy generation costs in Europe rflol. From that the only one provoking anything I see is yourself

Yes indeed you've rightly claimed your own title "Out and out Spoofer"  🥸 indeed. Well done you!

Lol you "genuinely thought (I) knew about the subject" Cough cough bs.

The only details posted is an explanation as to what the EU Marginal Price policy entails. So tell what details of that is wrong?

So far you've have screamed, and shouted, been abusive, called names and had a hissy fit any time the issue has been raised in context of the costs of electricity costs being discussed.

Other posters have already rightly called you out for that. Your posting history on this thread is a fcuking disgrace.