"Green" policies are destroying this country

The same reasons why Nuclear didn't take off in australia also apply here. Its too expensive, and there is a political opposition to nuclear due to the British dumping radioactive waste on our territory (in the irish sea)

It was also about the cost being too high compared to the alternatives, Nuclear was much more expensive than coal. Now Nuclear is much more expensive than solar and wind combined, which are becoming cheaper than coal, so there still is no real argument for nuclear power in Australia

https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/new-wind-and-solar-now-as-cheap-as-existing-coal/

Other than just thinking nuclear is futuristic and cool, what is your argument for building Nuclear in Australia given how successful south Australia has been with Solar and wind over the past few years?

Why would you need to pick between 2 non mutually exclusive statements?

You might as well have said

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"Climate change is real"

"Summer is always going to be warmer than winter on average"

take your pick

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The only thing your comment demonstrates, is a lack of understanding about climate or logic

Electricity prices in Ireland are high because of the stupid dispersed settlement pattern that has allowed one-off housing for decades in rural areas.

The fu*king parrot is bleeding dead, it's not pining any more than there is a magic jetstream 100m up in those pics.

I never mentioned farms.

The number of one-off houses is around four times the number of farms.

Blaming our electricity prices on rural housing is the most ridiculous argument i've heard in a long time.

Are you saying that the cost of keeping power infrastructure to rural ireland is the reason our electricity costs so much? Because its a bold (and incorrect) statement.

The only issue I can see with transitioning from methane to hydrogen in our gas network is the transitioning point for end users. Boilers, cookers & fires will need to be updated to run on hydrogen instead of methane. If an area is switched from methane to hydrogen, then all of the appliances have to changed at the same time. There are approximately 700,000 homes connected to the gas network, and without having a solution for these users the existing pipework won't be available to hold hydrogen.

I think that there needs to be a managed migration away from natural gas in a domestic environment. We need to continue the move towards electrification of all heating and cooking. There shouldn't be any new domestic connections to the gas network allowed, and there should be some plan to move existing users off the gas network. This should be planned on an area by area basis to facilitate the decommissioning of the gas network in an area. It should also have a long enough lead time that there won't be a large number of homeowners trying to replace their boilers at the same time. The lead time should be long enough that as people get to the point where their boiler needs replacing, that they move to an electrified heat source. Then, when there is only a small number of gas connections left, the remaining customers can be notified that the gas supply is going to be disconnected on x date.

At the same time, gas power stations will need to be converted to run on hydrogen if the pipelines feeding the country are changed from natural gas to hydrogen. This will work well if we increase our renewable electricity production, as excess electrical energy can be used to generate hydrogen. If we have enough excess electricity, then we can become a net energy exporter.

If there isn't a plan to wean the market off natural gas, then there will be a problem sourcing natural gas if the large pipeline interconnectors are converted to hydrogen.

Oil boilers in new builds are banned next year, gas boilers banned in 2025 but they are effectively banned now under Part L to get your A2 BER and most builders have been fine with this for last few years as they don't have to run gas lines throughout a new housing estate when they can just put in a heat pump.

Its also very possible to transition homes with their own LPG tank to hydrogen as its a standalone system but not sure if hydrogen has particular storage requirements above your normal LPG tank in the garden.

Existing pipework won't hold hydrogen, hydrogen isn't suitable for gas cooking

And who cares about all those trades people who look after boilers etc?

Sure they don't matter, to hell with them.

Back to school for you aswell.

We use methane, butane and propane here.

Hard luck lads.