"Green" policies are destroying this country

The energy industry is building SFA. More MW are being delivered for the oil/gas Temporary Emergency Generation this year than by any other fuel type. Most of the proposed offshore wind in Europe seems to be packing it in. I've yet to hear that ER has subject any of the 4 successful ORESS projects to the same scrutiny as Barryroe, but when he does, that'll be the end of them too. 1-2GW of offshore wind by 2035 and that'll be it. The Greenlink and Celtic Interconnectors will have to make up the difference (assuming our neighbours don't laugh in our no Plan-B faces as we beg).

The ECT will be looking to ensure no goalposts were shifted as well as when those goalposts ere erected.

If Ryan hasn`t put any of the other applications through all the hoops he put Barryroe through, then it`s bye bye Eamo, hello tax payers having to fork out hundreds of millions.

But then you know that. It`s why you are caught in one of your loops on Barryroe.

There were no requirements that Barryroe were unable to meet. The things you are referring to were guidelines, with clear alternative criteria under which an application could be considered. Ryan chose to evaluate the license under guidelines that no small explorer could ever meet, and which didn't exist when Barryroe were first granted a standard exploration license. Let me repeat that for you since you don't seem to be able to get it: Barryroe did not fail to meet any requirements. They had already raised the money needed to carry out the work program.

Prime example of what faith is. Struggle and obey and reward may come some time in the future. Or not. Catholics perfected it deferring reward to the time after you die. Greens may not be far from it too.

I grew up om a samll unprofitable family farm and only for the grant would not have got to college. However, I always remember the popular cool dairy farmer's son who drove a 206 GTI 1.9 bought new for college who on more than one occasion boasted that he qualified for the third level grant. Bottom line, using financial advisors, even successful wealthy farmers have poor financial years, usually coincidentially when there is a means assessed grant or incentive to be soaked up

Friends of the Earth (pack of jokers in my view) have released a score card on how the government and various sectors did in 2022 on the climate issue. Probably no harm that someone does this, but it's a woeful pity they let their biases dictate overall marks.

As you can see, no one doing great. But agriculture the worst? Yet agriculture is one of the only areas with a plan, and a plan that is being acted on. And they reduced emissions in 2022. How can agriculture be marked lower than transport who upped emissions by 6% in the same year? Would it be bias? Would it be incompetence? Or a mixture?

When ya see bullshit like this, the whole report can be binned and ignored.

One of the scientists, Happer, sounds like a proper nut job

In 2017, when Happer was reportedly under consideration to be Trump’s science advisor, he sent a letter to a reader arguing that the “demonization of CO2” “really differs little from the Nazi persecution of the Jews, the Soviet extermination of class enemies or ISIL slaughter of infidels”.

Seems that NIMBYism has started to infiltrate solar installations now

Might be behind a paywall. Gist is that this was given permission (and it's near the airport which I would have thought wouldn't be allowed myself) and soomeone from Dublin is taking it to ABP. From the article:

Who's magically generating energy from thin air?

Have you ever considered the vast amount of energy stored in the atmosphere, oceans, and land? A single hurricane holds 200 times the energy produced by all human sources worldwide. And what's interesting is that hurricanes don't deplete this energy; they merely redistribute a significant portion of it.

Consider this: Every hour, our planet receives 10,000 times more solar energy than the total electricity we generate from all sources throughout an entire year.

It's not necessary to blanket the entire world with solar panels – that would be impractical and unattainable. So, how much land would we need to cover? Well, approximately 1/10,000 of the Earth's surface area is around 51,010 square kilometres, including oceans.

Around 5% of the land in the US is dedicated to medium to high-density urban spaces, and of that, 10 to 30% comprises roads and parking lots, mostly parking areas.

By taking the lower estimate, this results in approximately 49,000 square kilometres of parking spaces in the US alone. If we were to cover all these parking spaces with solar panels, assuming an average 10% capacity factor, we could generate the same amount of energy that all the world's electricity generators produce in a full year within just about 11 hours.

Remarkably, this potential energy source lies right above the vacant spots in every American parking area. You might think it's unrealistic to cover these spaces with solar panels. Yet, remember that we've already paved them with concrete and asphalt...

But that's not all – there's the other 90% of urban land. Many of these spaces are buildings with roofs. In the US, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has estimated a solar potential of 1.1 terawatts across domestic, industrial, and commercial buildings.

Factor in the 500 terawatts of global onshore wind capacity, along with offshore wind potential that's multiple times greater, plus hydro and geothermal sources. This energy is more than sufficient without challenging the laws of thermodynamics or even approaching the upper limits of available renewable energy. Furthermore, consider the role of nuclear power, energy efficiency measures, heat pumps, and repurposing waste heat from industrial activities for municipal water heating....

The energy is there, the technology is there, there is no need for us to continue to burn fuel for energy into the 21st century. We just need to increase the speed at which we transition away from fossil fuels

Tillage is more a nitrate thing than CO2, though allowing air into the soil via tillage work reduces organic matter content over time. Min-till is one way to combat it and always ensuring there's cover on the ground and not leaving it bare helps. It's one of the reasons this sort of thing is being promoted with cover crops, straw incorporation measures, etc