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"Green" policies are destroying this country

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭✭brokenangel


    The conversation was with someone else. As usual you came ploughing in without any idea of the discussion just to have a pop at me. Nothing new



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,240 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    I would be strongly suspicious that the proportion of rental properties below C is way above the number of Owner Occupied properties below C

    The landlords usually don't have to pay the heating bills so they don't care

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭✭brokenangel


    If you have a better house you get more rent.

    I don't disagree that a landlord will invest in their own property first but it would be interesting to know how many.

    I know most landlords are supposed to include a BER on rentals now so I would expect daft could tell how many?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,718 ✭✭✭paddyisreal


    "An elderly person living in an old damp house has options " what a condescending reply, kind of sums up why the greens will be out the door soon enough sure let them eat cake !.

    go and reference the orieactas report in to fuel poverty as the ceo of alone isnt good enough for you or maybe ask st vincent de paul




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,240 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    Accidental landlords?

    Don't be ridiculous

    There is a sellers market right now, nobody is forced to be a landlord, if they want to earn the income from rent, they have an obligation to provide a property that meets minimum standards

    Minimum standards should be increased to be at least BER C or higher, and if they can't get those works done for one reason or another, they should be forced to pay a contribution towards the tennants heating expenses (20% would be a reasonable amount)

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,049 ✭✭✭Mecanudo


    Incorrect. You said and I quote

    "The keyboard warrior act on every post in this thread is confusing."

    Not the first time you've thrown that type of abuse at everyone on this thread you disagree with.

    And many posters have already called you out for that type of rubbish. Attempting to paint that as "having a pop" doesn’t wash eitherway.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,240 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    I live in Ennis and about 20 years ago the council restored an old mill and upgraded it to generate electricity. It cost them about a million Euros and it couldn't even generate enough power to power itself.

    Windmills and water mills do not have the frequency to generate useful electricity.

    Wind turbines and Hydroelectric Turbines are different to what used to be dotted around the landscape to mill flour from wheat.

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,049 ✭✭✭Mecanudo


    That map is simply a geographical record of potential hydro electric sites

    So you say you haven't clicked on any of the sites detailed, but you can tell what the output of hydro electric generation would be?

    How's that work? Clairvoyance maybe?

    Hydro electricity generation

    A sufficient quantity of falling water must be available.

    Determine the amount of power that you can obtain from the flowing water on your site. The power available at any instant is the product of what is called flow volume and what is called head*. The best sites have a reliable water supply year round and a large vertical drop in a short distance. A rough estimateof the power available at a specific micro-scale site can be calculated from the following equation:

    Power (kW) = 6 X head (m) X flow (m3/sec) 

    Head = the vertical flow of the water, essential for hydropower generation.

    Flow = volume of water passing per second.

    The good news is that the Head* can be increased with some fairly basic changes to the existing water flow in order to generate sufficient electricity for micro and small scale hydro electric installations.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,240 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    Thats the theory, but rental markets are a special case in economics terms, where location and inertia are a big part of it. A landlord with a grotty bedsit next to a Luas station in Dublin can charge more than a well maintained comfortable house in a remote rural area. Thats why the government needs to enforce minimum standards and not just let the market sort it out

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,240 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    Do you know what's really boring? Reading all of your constant whining posts.

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,239 ✭✭✭Pussyhands


    Funny how with all these renewables in the last decade, all these turbines and their "free energy", prices are still soaring.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,240 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    Energy prices would be much much higher without the renewables

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,924 ✭✭✭SlowBlowin



    I have been collecting data on the stream on my land for 2 years. Last year I went out every day and measured the flow rate with a jug and bucket. I was getting an average of 6 or 7 litres a second, which given the head means a 500watt continuous production. As I already have 4000Ah of battery on my solar it means that the stream can provide all my needs, and its a nothing stream, there must be 100 more like around the village. All I need to resolve is my heating which currently is peat in a vintage Stanley range with back boiler, as I have turf rights I might for the first time start cutting my own this year.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,049 ✭✭✭Mecanudo


    Afaik you've accused many here of being "climate change deniers" and also hillariously as being "climate deniers"

    And that regardless of what anyone actually believes. You've accused myself and others of the same- even where it was clearly stated that climate change is indeed something that needs to be tackled.

    That your own beliefs are often not supported by current findings of the IPCC really doesn’t make it an even playing field for you to be reminding anyone of what others beliefs may or may not be.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,924 ✭✭✭SlowBlowin


    You would think so, but searching the green party website for hydro yields no results, I just think they are too busy trying to get their own way on the peat ban.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,011 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    ...once again, we re still heavily reliant on fossil fuels for our energy needs.....



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,049 ✭✭✭Mecanudo


    Just snap shotting that as you seem to have a habit of attacking posters and then deleting same.

    Stay classy Akrasia.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,240 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    With a sense of humour that finds 'climate denier' hilarious, I'm guessing you have all of the Mrs Browns Boys box sets on blue ray

    Danno said on this thread that CO2 is a trace gas that is beneficial and not harmful

    That is almost the definition of a climate change denier

    You have linked to articles that say the same thing, so you have been spreading climate change denial propaganda. If you're doing this by accident, then you're what's called a 'Useful Idiot' for the fossil fuel industry

    And my 'beliefs' are 100% supported by the IPCC findings

    We need to keep warming as close to as possible to 2c. The only way we can do this, is get carbon neutral as soon as possible

    The Head of the UN made a speech launching the latest IPCC report that echos exactly what I believe

    And the science supports everything he says, and there are highly respected climate scientists saying those exact same things (Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist who works for NASA's JPL as 1 example) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxDzx9p8UP4

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,617 ✭✭✭timmyntc


    Can you give us the details of your stream? I am very curious as to how you came up with 500W output on a stream with only 6-7 liters/s flow.

    Is the head 20m or something? 🤣



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,049 ✭✭✭Mecanudo


    Ah that old piece of green disinformation lol.

    And we know thanks to the EU green marginal price structure - electricity prices are set using the most expensive/ most taxed fuel in any generation mix, regardless of whether 0.1% or 99.9% renewables are used



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,240 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    The small number of people living on the side of a mountain in Kerry means that it's not really worthy of a government program. Best of luck to you however if you have access to that resource on your land

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,049 ✭✭✭Mecanudo


    Lol. Yeah I linked to one 'article' for its humour about greens that you had an absolute hissy fit over.

    And your personal end of civilisation declarations are certainly not consistent with IPCC findings and would likley find a better home with the millennial church believers that the end of the civilisation will happen anytime now

    The carreer politician speech you referenced has already been widely criticised and debunked. Interesting that you referenced him and not actual IPCC scientists.

    And theres you going around referring to others as 'useful idiots" lol



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,240 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    Yeah, the Gas price is keeping electricity prices high

    But prices are calculated every half hour, so for example, at night time, when the wind is blowing, we generate more than enough electricity from wind, so for that entire period, high gas prices don't matter and that is reducing your electricity bill

    If there was no renewable energy, the gas turbines would still be operating and your price would be higher


    "It said that during the windiest periods of the month, wholesale prices were almost €100 cheaper per MWh than during less windy days, at €134.25 per MWh, compared to €229.62."

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,049 ✭✭✭Mecanudo


    Again incorrect.

    The EU marginal price mechanism set the price regardless of how much or how little renewable enegy is used.

    Unused wind energy generated at night makes feq all difference regardless of what wholesale electricity prices are

    And because wind generation is unreliable we are dependent on gas. Which means the consumer gets permanently screwed.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,240 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    Snapshot all you like. I don't think I've deleted a single post on this thread, and when I edit posts, it's usually because my phone autocorrected something or because of a typo, or to add additional information

    Seriously though. Your content on this thread has been so boring and repetitive that if this topic wasn't so important, I would have given up replying months ago.

    I'd say many others have already been driven away by your constant whining and demanding answers to questions that were either already answered, or buried in a comment so boring that the most likely reason it wasn't answered, is the comment was too boring to respond to.

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,240 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    A normal person would hold their hands up, apologise for spreading lies on the internet, and then we'd be able to forget it and move on.


    Show me where i made a 'personal end of civilisation' comment that is inconsistent with the latest IPCC reports

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭✭brokenangel


    Clearly I had clicked on the sites and auto correct changed all to any. Anyway

    Below is the information from one site. The information provided would suggest a 2m head will provide 934kWh per year. Not sure what your math is about?

    This seems to be pricing

    https://www.renewableenergyhub.co.uk/main/hydroelectricity-information/costs-associated-with-hydroelectricity/

    Based on the cost to install and the generation it would seem Solar PV would outperform

    CountyMeath

    Site No.62

    RiverBoyneOS Map39807

    National Grid ReferenceN881 685

    Catchment Area (km²)2357.00

    Rainfall (mm)0.92

    Provisional Mean Flow m³/s45.53

    Head (m)2.00\

    Potential Installed Capacity (kW)125.00

    Potential Annual Generation (kWh)934



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,240 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    And show me where Guterres' speech has been 'Debunked'

    Who has been doing the criticising and debunking?

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭✭brokenangel


    I have provided the information from the SEAI website. If you have the condition for hydro then you should look into it. The amount of houses in ireland which would have access to a stream so they can run a hydro station off it are tiny.

    Every house does have a roof and that is why SEAI and government have grants to install Solar PV and Thermal

    In the future would hydro/tidal become part of a sustainable network. Potentially in the overall mix. It depends on what the price per kWh is.

    I am struggling to see the link between hydro and turf?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭✭brokenangel


    Do you know if a hydro system existing which will you could actually install?



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