Is it too late for Europe and the World. There is fires everywhere.

Irish apples grow fine in my back garden in Dublin. Supermarkets in Ireland are usually full of potatoes from France and the UK.

Irish consumers will not buy those apples. I would say they are full of French and UK potatoes. If they are it's because they are varieties that are not successfully grown in Ireland.

At present locally I was talking to a small potato grower. He only grows 3 acres of potatoes. He sells to small shops. Sales are very slow this year. He is probably getting less than half the price they are getting paid in the shops he sells to.

10 years ago he was growing 8 acres but cut in half 6-7 years ago. Dropped to 3 acres 3 years ago and will be back to less than 2 next year.

I understand what you are trying to put out there but it's not nearly as certain as you are trying to say it is.

You linked to a piece by scientific experts and even they didn't exactly make a definitive statement.

Your argument re science never developing beyond theory was thoroughly debunked right here on thread.

I realiise it is difficult to develop climate science to a stage beyond theory which I assume you are in agreement with. That then means there theoretical reporting should be looked on as no more than that and far from the gospel is it being portrayed as.

The long and short of it is nobody really knows. The area is too big and with too many unknowns into the future for current research to an anyway accurate prediction of outcomes in 1000 years time.

Personally I'd rather see control on cancer causing pollutants first before zoning in on co2. This is the mistake the greens made when it came to diesel cars. Diesel marginally better on co2 yet far worse on the actual dangerous emissions. We must all buy diesel bullsh1t.

According to a report by Earthsight, a London based NGO, millions of tons of emissions are embedded in the beef Europe imports from Brazil every year. In 2019 up to 21 million tons of green house gases may have been attached to this beef import with the highest emissions attached to Italy, followed by Netherlands, Spain, Germany and UK. This equals to the annual emission footprint of 2.5 million EU citizens. Most of this beef comes from the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil which straddles the Amazon Jungle. Mato Grosso is the most deforested state in Brazil. No one it seems calculated the annual emissions of the transport of this beef half ways across the world to Europe

On the flip side Ireland produces the most enviormently friendly, almost organic beef in the world, we're on Europe's doorstep and yet, as I type this, the three govenment party leaders are meeting and the Greens are demanding that farmers reduce their stock numbers as part of their demand for a 30% emissions reduction, other EU countries will have reduce no. too. This gap in the market will be filled by South American producers at what cost ?? , perhaps someone should wake up Eamon Ryan and educate him and his followers, or is the game already lost. It sure is a pathetic state of affairs, the lunatics have taken over the asylum.

Are they pink ladies, does yhe consumer want them and is willing to pay for them etc, do they grow in sufficient quantities (or would they if you had a large enough orchard) for you too make a living from supplying those apples to any of the large supermarket chains or other buyers after your machinery, labour and insurance costs etc...

Everyone knows we are nowhere near a position to just stop oil and gas use. Governments know this and so will surely be issuing licences for exploration for many years to come.

They like to talk out the other side of their mouths though as well to keep the pressure on the general population re climate emergency and be able to tax accordingly.

Carbon taxes are a dream for government in that you have a portion of the population only too eager to pay if not looking for it to be increased.

Government then piss the money away on green grants that basically cause prices to inflate by the amount of the grant. Great system altogether but sure once Eamon Ryan has his headline, it's all ok.

... and your the smart guy who spotted it. Funny.

A bitter little article from a conservative who understands that as education increases conservative support falls. The solution he see is to class everyone with degrees as dumb.

Sorry not buying it.

Actual management of gorse growth helps prevent fires, who knew 🤔

No

Wilding is more about rebalancing the catastrophic loss of biodiversity in Ireland. However a rewilded area in Ireland will quickly return to scrub which is more resistant to wildfires than parched grassland or heath.

Upland bog is not the typical rewilding project.

Raised and upland bogs are important habitats which require specific management plans.