"Green" policies are destroying this country

...are you serously trying to tell us that all of the involved stake holders, from government bodies, to businesses etc, havent thought about all of this??? that they havent taught about on shore storage such as batteries and hydrogen etc etc

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I am still completely behind the plan for an LNG plant in North Kerry so too are most people I have spoken to about it. I do hope the Government gets behind it and stops sitting on that particular fence.

say wha?

...so the research supporting such activities must be wrong so!

yes, subsidisation will be a critical element of getting this job done, it worked for the fossil fuel industry, so it should work for this also

yes a lot of that is indeed true, but the reality is, we cannot maintain our energy needs alone, its just simply not possible, we simply dont have the abilities, knowledge, finances etc etc etc. we have to put our trust in others, theres simply no other way....

the reality is, by continually reducing state involvement in our most critical of needs, has in fact lead to catastrophic outcomes, 08 crash and the now aftermath etc.....

yes, your final statement could very well be true, but we must try this alternative, or we re probably fcuked, or more so your kids, grandkids, nieces and nephews are so.....

Do you need me to post again about the Nimbys complaining about Wind farms next door in Ireland? Or have you again forgotten that issuue is not unique to any development in Ireland or indeed elsewhere

And no it has not "been shown the cost will be astronomical". Small scale nuclear reactors are now a reality. And as detailed nuclear is viable because it will be part of an energy mix, and therefore that is not a problem just because there will be "one" to start with.

Storage of nuclear material is well developed and requires a relatively small amount of space. So again you're arguments there are bogus.

Currently we primarily have wind generation as a renewable. With solar to come online at some point over the next few years. And because those renewables are inherently unreliable we currently need non renewables such as natural gas to back up our energy generation supply. Natural gas is increasingly expensive and our own natural gas resources being blocked by our own nimbys means we need an alternative means of energy generation. And that means small-scale nuclear power generation whether you personally like it or not.

understandable argument, but id have to disagree, we clearly need to get away from fossil fuels asap, and now is the time to do this, and hopefully we can reduce the damage we have done already by doing so, and wind is our truly viable option, to the point, if we build enough capacity, we could in fact become net energy exporters in the future, which would simply be a win win, greatly increasing our prosperity

That's a daft argument. If they wished to sell to the highest bidder - they are already more than able to do so. Why would they build anything here in the first place? Its not like we have a gas pipeline to any other EU County and the UK already has existing LNG terminals and more than ample stocks of its own imported LNG.

That and the fact that the EU are putting in place a joint EU purchase mechanism for all member countries makes such objections null and void

yea i understand this, but i think we have to take a chance here, i think we re in a good place to do so, it truly is now possible to have a wind farm up and running within a couple of years, and we re perfectly placed to avail of wind power, and possible supply parts of europe also. its important to remember, our main political parties are still primarily conservative, i.e. hardwired in taking chances, and would rather default to older methods such as fossil fuels, they can be very risk adverse. yes this is a risk but, i believe the risks of not moving off fossil fuels asap are far greater. again, im also not the only one saying this either, i have to completely agree with economist eric lonergan on this one, theres an astonishing opportunity here, we just have to take it......

Given Ireland's tendency on state infrastructure projects... I would much rather it be a US project.

So ok what you detail does not preclude the use of our own non renewables including natural gas in order to provide independence of our energy supplies in that period.

The timing of 80% renewables by 2050 has already been agreed as part of the last climate agreement. The trouble is not that we're not on target with renewables, rather renewables remain unreliable when it comes to energy generation, with wind and solar installations are highly variable in terms of output and on average generate approx 25% of installed capacity and need gas as backup

Yes I saw that Germany has recently up they ante with regard to Renewables, however they are now also drilling for natural gas, installing LNG storage facilities and perhaps oddly enough also coal reserves which were on schedule to be shut off.

The big problem and the large elephant in the corner however is that without the big five signing to immediate reduction in their emissions the climate will be fcuked regardless of how many megawatts of renewables we install