"Green" policies are destroying this country

Oh the humanity. We're being asked to voluntarily endure very mild inconvenience, infrequently, hypothetically...

What ever shall we do.

Btw, if there was no wind turbines at all Putin would have Europe by the short and curlies.

Every new solar, wind and storage installation makes us more independent from tyrants like him and the Saudis.

I think that's a good thing, don't you?

How many children were treated at the national children's hospital this year?

What's the hospital even called?

China threw hospitals together in a few weeks at the start of COVID. Dictatorships can get things done fast.

that is a f**king pathetic answer man, lol. Just Stop Oil are the reason the Irish government can't build nuclear.

Zero sense.

Yeah, you acknowledged it, and by 2025 its production will have fallen to 20% of supply, the energy shortages are a hard wall that are unavoidable now, with no gas storage buffer, and no LNG. The energy brief must be stripped from the current incumbent immediately and the remaining TDs must act in the interests of the people who elected them and NOT unaccountable institutions like the EU. This is the Irish government we are talking about where the buck stops nowhere.

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You're just lying now. What art has been destroyed?

The alternatives being promoted and pushed are NOT capable of filling the gap left by fossil fuels, while at the same time the fossil fuel supply is being constrained and run down through lack of investment, gas shortages are now the reality and this is reflected in the cost of electricity and heating. The consequent unemployment and lack of calories are not mild inconvenience.

I know! So why don't we have nuclear already or at least why don't FF FG SF have plans to get it going ASAP? Surely the onus should be on those with all the numbers in the Dail?

green movements are seriously fcuking up in regards nuclear, its clearly obvious, creating purely renewable energy systems is highly dangerous and risky, alternative sources, in particular nuclear, is required to provide our future energy needs, along side renewables, as pure renewable systems alone just wont work!

ireland in general is actually strongly opposed to nuclear, its not just green movements, this has been historically so, and understandable to, events such as chernobyl has left its mark on many european nations, including ireland, but i suspect this is changing now, as the reality of not having it as a part of our energy systems, is slowly becoming real

So if we live in a democracy that sees through the green bullshit why aren't we getting nuclear done??? You just said it wasn't being done because of the Green bullshit! Make up your mind!!!

And what have Just Stop Oil got to do with anything!?

Are you purposely acting like a simpleton?

According to other posters the reason we don't have nuclear is because of the Green Party being in power for 5 minutes, and Just Stop Oil spraying paintings in London.

The long hot summer and droughts in Europe have already affected the price of food and caused crops to fail. This is only going to get worse and worse. Obviously I'm wasting my time talking to someone who quotes clintel.org lol.

we do indeed, and more is on the way in the form of the france ireland interconnect, i.e. to circumvent the reality of requiring nuclear, we have decided to effectively outsource the risks involved, but its important to realise, one of the main causes of our current inflationary pressures is our over reliance to international energy markets, in particular fossil fuel markets. the only way to safe guard from such future events, we must become more self sufficient in meeting our own energy needs, and renewables alone wont cut it, leaving nuclear the only option, this now is a serious treat to our economy, and the overall well being of our society, i.e. its time for us to begin accepting this reality, as its very likely energy market volatility is here to stay, by remaining in this venerable position, we place our economy, and our society at large, in great danger due to these exposures.....

movements preventing this reality, including green movements, are in fact wrong, yes there are inherent dangers in creating such systems, but the dangers of not doing so, far exceed doing so....

yes, it takes many years, if not decades, to create a nuclear industry, but this is exactly what we need to do, i.e. we must start planning long term, well beyond our lives, and on island nuclear must be a part of that, to provide future generations with their most critical of needs

this is of course must be done in conjunction with the roll out of renewables, and it seems off shore wind is ultimately our most viable option

you're the one talking about all that Green cult nonsense - I'm asking you why this nuclear panacea isn't being built in Ireland and you're going on about cultists destroying art

No, it's about 8 years from construction start to switch on of the first reactor if there are hiccups and delays. The vast majority of reactors on the planet were commissioned within ten years of construction start. Complete nonsense, as usual.