Thanks to Putin and Opec

Why thanks to Putin? Did he up the price or something?

At least the harmless electrical cars can use the nuclear power imported from UK and France while we ban all nuclear power generation here.

How come the price of a barrel of oil was the same last year as it is now, yet it was 120c at the pump?

The real issue here is not Ukraine tbh. It's oil producers seeing the writing on the wall for their fuel products and have decided to a) not invest in increasing capacity and b) indulge in profit taking.

The era of reasonably priced oil is probably over save for some catastrophe that tanks demand. Also, if you're deciding on an holiday and the choice is either this year or next, go this year as the prices will be very high next year as the airlines are (partly) locking in their fuel for the next Summer season.

Was it a surprise or was it a buildup?

If this bollox was true America would be immune from it since it is awash with fracked oil and gas. It is suffering exactly the same - why because about 1/10th of oil has suddenly disappeared from the supply chain - why because Putin invaded the Ukraine.

If Saudi had not have entered into a trade war with the American Fracking industry - we would likely have had similar prices for years. It costs a lot more to extract oil/gas by Fracking than it does conventionally. The American Fracking Industry has been operating at a loss for the whole of the last decade. Someone is propping it up for strategic reasons.

As Nuclear stands at the moment there is no sensible or logical and affordable path forward for building plants in Ireland, thinking otherwise is delusional.

Grow up.

Unfortunately this green bollox is west-wide hence the problems everywhere- hysterical climate “change” cultists have whipped up this frenzy the past 20 years- the end result is the pain we are seeing now. You’re welcome to bury your head in the sand all you like, knock yourself out. The wealthy won’t suffer, the less well off will. China etc must be laughing their heads off at the stupidity of it all.

I didn’t even mention building nuclear here- I am perfectly happy to import it if that works, it’s the hypocrisy that’s more nauseating - the only ones being delusional are the same anti nuclear hypocritical hysterics that this country appears to mushroom in abundance. As many don’t have a proper educational foundation in basic science. It really shows unfortunately

TBF the economics of nuclear power are way beyond us anyway and you'd better get used to that "green bollox" because that's where we are all heading, screaming or not!

Only problem with Nuclear is the cost. Every other energy source is significantly cheaper.

Very little to do with the war. More to do with the creep on the bicycle above in the Dail.

Barrels of oil were far more expensive a few years ago and we were paying €1.20 a litre.

It's beyond time to stand up to the gov and their fûcking 70% tax on fuels.

Don't forget that the worldwide shortages of staff in airports, and the resulting delays are all due to Eamon Ryan too.

You don't hear any Scientists trying to discredit climate change for the same reason that you don't hear any scientists supporting the theory that the earth is actually flat.

The evidence is simply incontrovertible.

Is it too much to expect the government to cut duty and vat on oil? It’s easy to blame OPEC but the reality is that governments are making more from taxation on fossil fuels than the exporters.

The evidence is not weak, but incontrovertible

I think your point is that you don't know about it (somehow)

Head in the sand stuff