"Green" policies are destroying this country

Your graph highlights the absolute madness of unreliable power generation. Without hydrocarbons the grid collapses.

At some point, certain people might gain an understanding that pipedreams of 2050 might not materialise if the economics don't stack up. Blind faith in the green church isn't going to magically provide a secure, reliable and affordable power system. It took 20 years to go from 3% to 40%, what makes you think we can go another 60% in 26.25 years? What makes you think we can afford it?Especially when everyone else is competing for the same resources?

There's your epiphany.

Keep on crowing - meanwhile the energy industry is building that future whilst you cry about the madness of their efforts. That future will be built whether the Greens are in government or not. Energy strategy now equals Renewables regardless of government colour.

While I would be happy to see the back of them as far as government is concerned, I didn`t see them as being totally wiped out electorally in the next general election, but from the redrawn constituency boundaries and that opinion poll it really is a very strong possibility.

What applied when Barryroe submitted it's application and what it was subjected to are two very different things. Changing goalposts mid stream to suit a particular minister's own beliefs is hardly testament to a fair and transparent process. Especially when said minister drags his heels for as long as possible on anything that benefits energy security but trips over himself to cheer everything that doesn't. But let's see what happens when ER has a gun to his head in this mess.

Lol nope? Wow,great argument. It's like debating with a 10 year old. You either spam with hundreds of contradicting links or "Lol, nope". It's no wonder you aren't taken seriously.

You chose what you want to believe but any competent minister would have been looking after energy security first and foremost. Not creating unnecessary obstacles to same. Let's see what happens with offshore. I'm going to bet that less than 50% materialises before 2030 without additional government injections.

Latest red c poll puts them on under 2% , that thankfully means a wipeout at the next general election, good riddance !

And it is of course useless to argue with a true believer so i no longer do. I have put them on ignore ( ive just added a new one btw). That is the sensible approach. They seem to have absolute faith that their Green Utopia will come to pass. If they start to let in even the tiniest sliver of doubt about the reality of energy their house of cards will fall apart. Would you, like Jehova witnesses welcome them into your house to discuss a reasonable future for the community? Of course not. They have the Truth on their side..

Just pointing out how out of touch farmers are if they think they would be better off milking the social welfare system than milking cows

Anyone who says that and it was said here has absolutely no idea what it's like to live on social welfare

There's a few things technically impossible to be overcome. The first law of thermodynamics being one. You cannot magically conjure infinite energy out of thin air without impacting elsewhere.

Putting your finger on it does not alter their stance. They live on hopium. 'Technical difficulties' will be overcome as long as we have enough faith in the project hence the religious aspect. But the required faith needs a fundament. Using the tried and trusted pathway of ever efficient and cost effective energy production and system building in the past does not apply to solar and wind. Not now NOR in the future. The Greens simply won't accept it is in reality a retrograde step. They consider themselves progressives. Their faith lies in the believe they are good people taking the moral highground. But that makes them morally corrupt to bad practices and deaf, dumb and blind to realistic counter factuals and arguments. Ie, they need Armageddon. Again, you can't argue w a fanatical cult as cult members never accept that they are. Well, that cult has succesfully infiltrated the mainstream. Too bad for them there is no redemption and deliverance from evil. Only destruction on their path totally outdoing the possible good their way of thinking might deliver. Plus, it will in fact delay any real transition. That is the sad truth..

Couple of scientists (not climate scientists BTW) are saying what some on here are saying - the models are over estimating and many datasets are excluded as it doesn't fit with the narrative

I'd take this though with a huge grain of salt, primarily because of this line

Sean McIvor is Laura Whitmore's father appaz