"Green" policies are destroying this country

just my tupence worth but I can’t see immigration ever turning back to “normal” levels again.

Even if Russia fcuked off back to their own country we will have millions of Enviromental immigrants coming to a safe haven like Ireland for the foreseeable.

The problem with this is our absolutely shite planning system that won’t allow us to build world class transport or housing quickly enough.

So we will end up with massive overcrowding and pressure on public systems until we overhaul the planning system. Unfortunately this wall all be blamed on the people that come to our country looking to build a new life.

Dear Ireland: random, topical, cautionary anti-green tale,

-merica

I know this is the UK but I presume the same is happening here. I heard recently that an EV BMW had some issue and was out of warranty, €10k bill to sort it and only BMW can do it due to some proprietary stuff being involved. Ya'd want a manufacturer warranty on any second hand EV. At least with ICE parts are relatively cheap and anyone could, in theory, fix it

Rest assured. All the major players are operating on a (western) global scale to make sure the rules are set to make maximum profits for private companies. This is the way it has worked ever since the banking system got its act together in the 1910s and solidified after ww2 in the UN charter(set up by the Rockefeller foundation), the World Bank, IMF, the EU, WHO, WEF. Countries might decide to de-privatize companies and make them state owned but then the question is: who pays? In other words, where does the country borrow its money for that with all the terms and conditions attached? No need to give the obvious answer there.

Can you propose a feasible way to do this? As things stand, I think the current strategy (wind and solar) is feasible and what you are suggesting is not feasible at all.

We saw a minority of Dr's talk against the majority when it came to Covid. We've seen it in relation to scientists and the climate. We see it much less in engineering where there's much more measurable metrics and mathematical proof to support theories and decisions. Where we did see some of this type of contrary view in the face of overwhelming evidence was around the time of the 9/11 attacks and those people have rightly, mostly been put in the category of conspiracy theories.

How would you feel if I asked you to walk in a particular direction until you came back to where you started and so would have proven that the earth was round. Or even to watch videos of people claiming that it is flat (they exist)? Would you entertain me, or say that that was nonsense and no one needs to investigate everything themselves.

Because those sort of people are exactly what I was talking about when I said that I'd be fine leaving them talking to their own circle. That video has been watched less than 6K times in 4 months. Conservative media worldwide is largely against any action to protect the environment whether it is GB News, The Daily Mail, Fox News, etc etc. Why haven't them pointed people to this evidence that you suggest disproves what it is that climate scientists say is happening?

Why hasn't the fossil industry, the absolute financial behemoth that it is, taken 'distinguished scientists' as you identify these people and given them a platform?

Do you really believe that with a wealthy industry that wants to ensure it can continue to operate for as long as possible, and a media that dominates the landscape and supports said industry, is somehow being prevented from amplifying the message that you think that we should be paying attention to.

Surely you can see that that makes no sense. Less so when you think of the support Conservative Governments typically give these bodies to operate as they do.

Why do you think that professionals, who spend their lives analysing, testing, measuring on repeat would all come together to suggest a consensus in a specific manner? It doesn't make sense unless you are looking for ways to ignore what it is they are saying.

P.S. One of the distinguished people you refer to has tried to suggest that smoking and lung cancer are only weakly linked. Another one of them was chief scientist for BP for a number of years.

Smokestack emission tests from burning wood show carbon emissions 2.5 times greater than gas, and 30% greater than coal, so yeah I agree it is a cod. Not one the EU is exactly falling over themselves to do anything about though. In Feb.2023 negotiations between the Commission and Parliament collapsed in deadlock.

They are all in a forked stick with biomass. Recognise it for what it is as regards carbon emissions and that 60% credited as green energy takes a tumble.

The Green Madness .......

Just what we need. Eamon Ryan channelling the ghost of J Robert Oppenheimer.

The man should not be left unsupervised with a box of matches, never mind messing around with hydrogen.

Whoever in Eirgrid got told to come up with all the right answer, not only got their retaliation in first, they showed they had a sense of humour. They approached it the same as if they had been told to answer the question, how long is a piece of string,

That is what i would call a series of planted suppositions. It is a standard generalised response to a threat to existing views by closing all doors at the very start by questioning the motives of those involved so one does not look at possible new entries into the truth of matters. Something a psychologist would call cognitive dissonance. It is clear that at least some of climate science is simply in error.

It is often used in court cases by either the prosecution or defense to cast doubt on a witness and questioning their character.

Furthermore, it was and continues to be succesfully used by the CIA (as during the Vietnam war) as a tactic to deflect eyes and ears and influence the media and thereby the public.

That those in powerful positions like the ones writing the summary for policy makers of the IPCC and the heads of institutions are using this tactic is beyond contempt as the case of Judith Curry shows.

But none of this matters to you. You have as expected turned a blind eye and went on the offense in the exact way i have described. You are being played without realizing it.

I pity the scientists still working in the system who dare not speak out. They have surely seen the repercussions. Fear is a great motivator. It is understandable and sad.

But truth cannot be surpressed forever. The cracks are showing everywhere and doubt is starting to creep in about the stated certainties as they did (and do) with Covid19 ( the jabs and measures) and now the Ukraine conflict. Those proposing a simplistic explanation of a complex issue are usually wrong ( the famous Mencken quote).

In the case of climate science it is clear that manipulation of data is being used by powerful people to get a desired end result. That is politics and anti science. They have no shame.

It is ironic to see people with left leaning tendencies like myself now considered far right while staying at the same place and asking clearly logical and necessary questions about an enforced dogma. We have clearly entered the religious realm here with true believers and heretics. Odd..

Yep, high temps are only a recent phenomenon ..........