"Green" policies are destroying this country

So Broken you bizarrely ask

"What natural resources have we off shore and on shore?"

Not this s**te again?

See above for just some of the many replies from myself and others already posted refuting your apparent campaign of disinformation on this topic already.

We have offshore reserves of natural gas, both tapped and untapped which are essential for providing a safe, secure and reliable source of natural gas needed for the period of transition to renewable energy generation and beyond

Lol.

Are you saying you don't know that Turf was used to generate electricity in Ireland for many years? From the ESB archives.

Or indeed that Mr Ryan himself is on record saying that

Minister for Climate and the Environment Eamon Ryan has not ruled out the possibility of two closed power stations in the midlands playing a role in potential emergency electricity-supply measures over the coming years.

Surely you know all this already?

Let me first say I make mistakes, and unlike some I am happy to be corrected with facts and logic.

Frustrated with the lack of science understanding and thoroughness GP (and their supporters), and their habit of just repeating figures without thinking about them or questioning them, as above, I thought I would make a post detailing my concerns with the claims that coal is "cleaner/greener" than turf.

Turf round here is cut by hand by uncle Jimmy and no real CO2 is produced in the process (I guess Jimmy will breath out a bit more CO2 with the work). The "wound" in the bog tends to heal (not regenerate) in a year or two, so further leaching of CO2 from the cut stops soon after it is harvested. Looking and walking on the old cuts here, the bog seems alive and well, just a bit lower than before. I understand that if the bog was destroyed then its carbon sink abilities would go, but all seems well here with the bogs that are cut by hand. The turf is burnt locally so transport adds little to the carbon footprint.

When coal is mined seams of coal are exposed and at that point the oxidation process starts (there is no healing process), coal mining companies have to install huge ventilation systems to pipe the CO2 and methane (much worse than CO2) into the atmosphere, open pit mines just vent directly into the air until they are sealed. These gas emissions continue long after the commercial grade coal has been extracted, old underground mines continue to emit CO2 and methane for many many decades after they are closed. (read: https://www.carbonbrief.org/coal-mines-emit-more-methane-than-oil-and-gas-sector-study-finds)

As a side note read about how bad Columbian mines are for the environment and human rights here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerrej%C3%B3n . (uncle Jimmy's fine and is enjoying a pint after a long days work). I hate siting the Guardian as its a horrible rag but as its a GP favourite: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2018/oct/25/blood-coal-irelands-dirty-secret

The mining process consumes energy, and thus produces CO2 from burning fuel, some coal but also diesel but sometimes methane from the mine itself. (Reference: https://www.aprenergy.com/fast-power/mining) 

The coal is then transported to docks by rail or conveyer, this produces CO2.

The coal is then shipped to Ireland (from Columbia that's over 6600km each way), and this shipping produces about 5g per tonne of coal per KM. What is worse than this is these cargo vessels burn high sulphur marine diesel which also is high in NOx, and SO2.

The coal is then transported from the docks to the consumer by road and rail, which as we know produces CO2.

Just comparing the combustion products of Turf Vs Coal, is obviously stupid as is not questioning the figures presented by the GP when all of the above sources of additional CO2/NOx and SO2 are not addressed. Just because most of these emissions happen in a foreign country don't excuse the absence of them in the figures, children are children no matter where they live! 

Looking back in this thread several posters are suggesting coal is better than turf - REALLY ? Trying to put an actual figure on how bad coal is would be a long process, but its certainly much, much worse than presented, who knows until someone who is really concerned by actual facts, and not just the sensationalist headline "Turf is worse than coal", takes on the process of actually understanding the facts by conducting a proper analysis. 

Sorry, my mistake...

Broken. The only carry is your own

If you post something that does not stand up to scrutiny - you can be fairly sure that's going to be called out here by other posters.

If you take a look around then you will see that when it comes to CO2 emissions the major polluters could care less. Do you seriously believe that they will change their ways because a bunch of cult like looney`s with 3% electoral support wish to wreck their countries economy and make beggars of their population ?

The last two turf burning plants recently shut down. Shannonbridge and Lanesboro, had the same capacity as the largest tidal plant in Europe, (and the second largest in the world), that a wet week ago was your answer to our energy crisis.

But please continue........it`s just another example of you not having a clue.

Get the notion the Greens want us to accept the gaps, today you have electricity ,maybe tomorrow you don't,

We don’t have wave power though 😂😂😂😂