"Green" policies are destroying this country

you don't, simple as. it's the reason my house has a gas hob, a range and a stove. and a pile of wood in the shed. mind it is a 170 year old house so sticking in a heat pump is going to be damn all use.

Eamon Ryan and the greens should watch that video . She explains it simple terms that even they should be able to understand.

6 mins 30 seconds in

Amrita Sen: Let me make one thing very, very clear. Todays energy crisis is not necessarily because of Russia. It's been exaggerated because of Russia and weaponisation of gas, but, we are here because of Western policy which has simply focussed on energy transition, not on energy security, and, it hasn't killed off demand as much as it has killed off supplies. Now in some parts, in Norway there is a bigger acceptance, that look we need all forms of energy as long as we decarbonise hydrocarbons. I think that is the right way to go about this, because, unless or until economic growth stops we are going to get energy demand continue and we are not investing enough, so that's going to be a problem.

There were another couple of posters who were at the same thing he is now.

Haven’t seen them in a while- maybe they’ve given up charging their phones to save the planet………

What do you mean gone quiet lately?

That the minutes are redacted?

There is a war in Ukraine in case you didn't know. I don't think publishing the details of our emergency disaster response would be a very good idea given the fact that Russia are trying to cause as much disruption to the EU as possible.

Maybe you'd personally like for Putin to see our sensitive national security documentation, but I'd prefer he didn't

Hilarious.

You say someone is deluded for thinking a BESS plant that has already gotten planning approval will be built because of objectors, but then, moments later, say that you think a Nuclear power station could be built in Ireland.

Modern Offshore wind turbines have cut out wind speeds of 90kph plus

It is rare that they will experience these wind speeds, and when they do, they're usually only above 90kph for a short time in any given location, and while those turbines may be shut down, the other turbines where the wind is only 80kph for example, would be producing a lot of power so they offset the shutdown of the turbines in the peak of the wind storm

Modern wind turbines can survive wind speeds higher than anything that would be expected in this part of the world

Have you watched this video?

While I am sure the good Dr Connolly, and greens who watch it, are fisting the air in triumph - way to go ESB, that'll show them! - the reality is that video might as well be a solemn last rights for what you mistakenly consider to be 'sustainable' and the current insane course this country is on.

That video is a testament to how utterly mad Ireland's current plans - if you can call them that - are. It is financially unsustainable. I can't believe for five seconds that the good Dr believes that mountain of money she posits is climable. At 19:10 there is a slide which puts the ESB estimate of offshore wind capcaity needed to make H2 a proposition for a net zero grid, at 30 GW!

If you think I am exagerating my derision - that 15 GW of electrolysers alone, represents almost two years of total global production of Electrolysers as of 2021, being 8 GW per annum.

OSW in the UK, a far cheaper place to do it than Ireland will be, costs €2.838 billion per GW, that's €85.14 billion just for the generation infrastructure and before even considering all the H2 stuff.

This is all to keep a grid running, that maxed out, might need 8 GW at peak.

€85 billion would get you 20.54 GW from nuclear reactors. Or to put it another way, an expenditure of only €33.16 Billion is all that you would need for a 100% nuclear powered grid that is zero CO2, without any need to go faffing around with hydrogen and the billions more that would cost.

What about backup for that nuclear grid? Well given you have just saved yourself €52 billion, take your pick: 8 GW worth of gas turbines, with alternating platinum and gold plated blades, running on individually polished spherical diamond bearings, running in iridium races, all attended to by scantily clad elite fashion models - and it would still save billions. Actually, normal commercially available gas turbines would do for even greater savings.

And another thing - that 30 GW of Offshore wind capacity has a lifespan of only 20-30 years, making the real cost difference 2-3 times greater in reality - a NPP lasting 60 years.

And it gets worse - no really it does - OSW costs a small fortune in maintenance and repair, like 1.2 - 1.5c per kWh generated. I'm not bothered to go factoring in that as the cost discrepancies are so vast already, why bother?

As the President of the Irish institution of Engineers has said, Ireland should have a real debate about nuclear energy. And it shouldn't be behind closed doors the way this country likes to do things - do it on national TV, in public so the naked green emperors can be seen for what they are.

Some of it is, there will always be some failures of varying degrees, they're big machines with moving parts, but there are wind turbines out there today that have survived direct hits from category 5 hurricanes.

Of course, after the category 5 hurricane goes through it still takes days for the power to be restored to the grid because all of the other energy infrastructure goes down

I know you were, Charlie. The thing with Germany is that they actually tried to get Green by halting their own fossil fuel and nuclear derived energy and just imported from Russia. Over the border pollution does not count you know. Germany has been on top of the Green agenda for many years and now they are paying the price. Their own coal is very dirty so gas imports were needed. That was an improvement in pollution levels but it made themselves vulnerable. Shutting nuclear a disaster. Mrs Merkel now looks in a very different light. Interestingly enough the UK always hammered on about energy security. I think they were right. We better stay friendly with them. Geography means more now. In fact the UK's dream of a great future after Brexit is now seriously in doubt. The world is getting smaller. Brexit's timing was off by about a decade.I suspect they will warm to the EU again instead of playing the independent card. Eating some humble pie atm.

'German has no intention of sacrificing their economy on the alter of the Green God. They never had.'.

I think you are wrong on that. Their politicians have been very incompetent, on every level..

I don't currently have plans on what to do with the €110 million win from Euromillions I'm bound to get any week now, but I'm sure I'll think of something when it happens.

Have you heard of Thorium? Sorry, did I just accidentally kill your specious position? I promise to be more careful next time.

Playing the peak oil card is such a low, I almost feel sorry for you.

LOL. How did you imagine that transitional fuel source was going to be converted to energy. By feeding it to a windmill or spreading it over a solar panel ?

You were backing a campaign by a handful of nutters to prevent gas fired plants.