"Green" policies are destroying this country

BEV batteries are actually much more resilient than people thought they would be.

Manufacturers offering 8 year battery warranties mean they are really confident that those batteries will last significantly more than 8 years even with lots of fast charging

If someone is careful to mind their battery it should last just as long as an ICE car. Also, batteries are getting better and getting cheaper over time, so by the time the battery is in need of replacement it'll be cheaper, and the new battery will be even more reliable. And you can take the old battery sell it to store some renewable energy

That's DaCor, I was in need of a bit a laugh and that article provided it in spades.

"When it comes to investment, we’re going to need a combination of private and public investment. It’s going to take many billions. Tens of billions, we believe."

He said this investment will “pay for itself” because households and businesses pay for electricity.

“A lot of public investment that we make is really important and really valuable, but it never turns into profit. Investment in energy will turn into profit."

He said capital costs will be covered in the first few years and decades but after that it will become “profit making” as the energy will be exported.

“It’s a huge economic opportunity as well,” he added.

Mr Varadkar admitted that although the power is free, and all that is needed is the infrastructure, installing the grid will be a “huge job”.

“I think what we’re going to need is a master grid, a super grid, for all of Europe. If you think of our grid that we have at the moment, like roads, we’re still running off local and regional roads.

“Now we need to build European energy motorways essentially to harvest that offshore energy and bring it all over to Europe.”

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan, who also attended the summit, said offshore wind electricity will mean lower bills for households.

“It will be wind and solar at the centre of our system, that’s the cheapest power supply in the world. It’s also the most secure, it’s also the most cleanest, it’s also the one where we have the most advantage,” he said.

“It’s going to be better for the consumer, it’ll be cheaper, the cost of the fuel is free - the wind comes from nature.”

Taken directly from the article and not a Monty python sketch. It's going to cost 10's of billions but will pay for itself because, wait for it, households and businesses pay for electricity.

We also need to build a master grid, that's right, you heard that right, a master grid no less. No costs provided for this hopium but it's needed.

And then we have Mr Ryan just downright lying again about cheap reliable renewable energy.

Yep. The battery will out-live the car most of the time.

Way fewer moving parts and fewer service items mean EVs will last way longer than ICE with lower running costs

None of those horrible oil changes every few thousand miles either

With brake regen, consumables like disks and pads wear less too.

You've done it again