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    #962
    Eric Cartman
    Registered Users Posts: 26,282 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    Imreoir2 wrote: »
    Gas and oil, finite resources = energy independance, but renewables like wind and solar which are infinite does not. :pac:

    Neither of which can be dialled up and down on a whim. Wind and solar can offset consumption of fossil fuels but not eradicate it. The greens have looked at this in a very short sighted manor. consuming our own gas to use in power plants to fill the gap in renewable generation would not only grant us energy independence but also cut down emissions on transporting gas from countries like Russia. You also need gas generators to start many wind turbines.

    The only renewable on demand power there is is hydro and we've exploited that avenue as far as we can now.


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    RandomViewer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,191 ✭✭✭RandomViewer


    Eric Cartman wrote: »
    Neither of which can be dialled up and down on a whim. Wind and solar can offset consumption of fossil fuels but not eradicate it. The greens have looked at this in a very short sighted manor. consuming our own gas to use in power plants to fill the gap in renewable generation would not only grant us energy independence but also cut down emissions on transporting gas from countries like Russia. You also need gas generators to start many wind turbines.

    The only renewable on demand power there is is hydro and we've exploited that avenue as far as we can now.

    Really hasn't been any investment in hydro in quite a while, the usual excuse is no suitable sites but we don't need to flood whole valleys to produce a reliable source, multiple small hydro projects would fill the gap perfectly


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    #964
    Billcarson
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    What's the story with ryan and ceta. Thought he was against it. Did he go behind his party's back on the vote that was supposed to happen tomorrow? Scumbag


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    #965
    Eric Cartman
    Registered Users Posts: 26,282 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    RandomViewer wrote: »
    Really hasn't been any investment in hydro in quite a while, the usual excuse is no suitable sites but we don't need to flood whole valleys to produce a reliable source, multiple small hydro projects would fill the gap perfectly

    Our energy consumption was 26 TWh in 2017 and increases by about 1% a year.

    Moneypoint alone produces 915MW , its retiring in 2025, ardnacrusha produces 89MW , please explain how we're going to build 12 ardnacrushas in 5 years and where.


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    #966
    Imreoir2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭Imreoir2


    Eric Cartman wrote: »
    Our energy consumption was 26 TWh in 2017 and increases by about 1% a year.

    Moneypoint alone produces 915MW , its retiring in 2025, ardnacrusha produces 89MW , please explain how we're going to build 12 ardnacrushas in 5 years and where.

    Why do we need to replace Moneypoint with 100% Hydro generation?
    Answer: we don't, that is just a pointless strawman argument.


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    #967
    Eric Cartman
    Registered Users Posts: 26,282 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    Imreoir2 wrote: »
    Why do we need to replace Moneypoint with 100% Hydro generation?
    Answer: we don't, that is just a pointless strawman argument.

    well what on demand power do we replace it with ?


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