"Green" policies are destroying this country

Texas's grid fell over because there was no output from the wind turbines and it shifted all the load onto conventional resources which did not have the capacity bringing the grid down.

This was the problem, over reliance on wind, an unreliable power source

South Korea`s bid to build Poland`s first nuclear power plants was for 6 APR1400 reactors with a 60 year design life providing 8.4 GW for $26.7 Bn.

The E.S.B. plan is for 6.3 GW for domestic supply. 4 APR1400 reactors would provide 6.4 GW for $17.7 Bn.

That is less than one quarter of the price for just the offshore construction cost of the E.S.B. plan, but yeh the E.S.B. plan somehow makes financial sense.

Makes sense I suppose if you are using the same book keeping system that allows Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin Certificates to be used multiple times and wood pellets to be classified as carbon neutral.

Still we should take heart that the U.N. has stayed true to form with the begging bowl solution that we should scourge ourselves and throw money at so they can get a warm fuzzy feeling distributing the proceeds to some of the most corrupt governments on the planet who have not done a damn thing nor have they any intention off, from the evidence of past U.N. largesse, using it to sort out the problem.

But that will not be a problem. A bit of creative accountancy and everyone involved will take their cut and slap each other on the back on a job well done.

Then you will find this one hilarious.

Drax U.K. wood pellet burning plant that has 3 times the annual CO2 emission of Ireland

Much the same as myself seeing how well the hilarious Ryan plan you had such faith in on communities of less than 500 being allowed to sell or gift turf and those larger than 500 not being allowed to do so has worked out. Turf freely available to anybody that wants to avail, the wiping out of carbon tax on turf and you being unable to let it go and move on.

You're completely ignoring levelized cost per unit. it's very simple capital cost plus production cost equals unit cost. The countries with the cheapest C02 free power use nuclear

Exactly there's no wind output, it was supposed to carry 25%+ and it's inability to perform brought down everything else. The grid operator has been caught blaming the gas plant when it was then keeping the grid up

I went for a nice long drive today. I came across numerous vehicles towing trailers full of turf. Great to see people rurally still getting their heating fuel.

i think when you have people sneering at others over turf bans with glee when people rely on turf you really can see what kind of person you are dealing with on here.

Great for those buying and selling turf. No carbon tax to pay or collect.

Other than that it hasn`t done a single think other than give people a good laugh at the ineptitude of the Green Party and those that supported Eamon`s plan to put borders around every community of 500 or less.

It is often interesting to note the hate for greens against fossil fuels. But they get their funding often indirectly from the fossil fuel industry. Now, anyone would think that does not make any sense until you realise they have a common enemy, nuclear power. Fossil fuel advocates just LOVE renewables. They know they are always going to need a large amount of fossil fuels as back up. They've done the sums. Nuclear will put a serious dent in their profits. So, next time you see a green activist give out about the oil industry remember that.