"Green" policies are destroying this country

If this is the low this thread has got, it’s time to disassociate myself from it.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/10/02/its-time-to-build-the-intermittent-renewable-plus-hydrogen-storage-demonstration-project/

What exactly do you mean by decades of work?

I remember quite a lot of scary stuff which came out last few decades, none of which came even close to be true. No point to list all crazy stories they tend to come out every now and then someone claiming we either burn, freeze, drown, choke etc.

Now it is fancier, no need to put a face on baseless claim as they are being manufactured by computers hence nobody will have to eat crows. All those climate models with predictions of end of times because they were coded to be exactly that.

Well actually, one of the problems is that all the Dublin councils are required to give some of their LPT to counties like Westmeath meaning they have less for their own services and should then charge the high rate of LPT to fund them.

Pretty basic stuff in terms of local authority funding.

I know exactly what you mean.You dig a little deeper and weigh the pros and cons, costs and benefits of a rapid transition to green energy they always come up with an argument that simply states:' because we HAVE to'. They put their thumb on the scale and deny that they are doing it. With the usual short time frame for the transition. They expect everybody to accept proposals that a typical graduate would fail on. The article above points out the bloody obvious.

Again, the greens need the hydro carbon doomsday scenario. Those people who are willing to seriously look at the transition tech know that net zero emissions by 2050 is simply a pipe dream, an aspiration to make the transition as rapid as possible. I get the feeling that those who posed the whole concept probably knew that but that net zero by 2100 wasnt going to fly. Too far away. Better start now and we'll get to the wonderful other end after the usual hickups along the way. That promised land is tied to the green ideology and hence religious by nature. But it is mainly a western concept not shared by the majority of the world's population. Hell, i dont know if it is even shared by the majority of people in the west who seem to go no further than: 'we need to do something about climate change' but haven't really looked at the bill. Most are focussed on home solar panels and insulation. Solar panels seem to have stalled in Holland. All in all that rapid transition needs fascism to work. Too bad that both the internet and proper journalists make old style fascist control unlikely no matter how much deflection by governments and the media.

Narrow boats No, private jets Yes.

No doubt there's an NGO research report confirming that private jet owners are amongst the most concerned about "the future of our precious planet" and that their very own children suffer the most from anxiety about the impending climate armageddon. Narrow boat owners Booh booh, private jet owners Yay yay #somuchclimatecare, LOL!

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/23/ban-on-wood-burners-threatens-british-boat-dwellers-with-winter-freeze

It is not confusing to want both i.e. not only should LPT be paid at the full rate in Dublin, but the full amount collected should be spent on Dublin. We could have one of the best cities in Europe rather than the tumbledown shack it represents most of the time.

You pay the full amount that you are charged, but that is not the full amount possible as Dublin City Council reduced it for everyone.