"Green" policies are destroying this country

"if the city had a cycle lane you would complain about having a cycle lane" that's some Barstool Blather even for you..

All the finished cycle lanes that don't join up and are rarely ever used.. but don't worry, there's a plan.. 2042 here we come.

Wait till CBAM kicks in. Imports will drop off due to higher prices in GB, in favour of locally produced carbon. Another illogical policy that is actually counter productive in all models. See

https://afry.com/sites/default/files/2024-03/afry_eu_cbam_impact_study_summary_report_mar_2024_v100.pdf

I tell you what, find a day, a single day when Ireland emits less than Finland

As for the rest of your post, the policy of not permitting new datacenters and blocking LNG facilities is anti technology

The bizarre fear mongering and mental gymnastics around nuclear fission is anti scientific and engineering

A 2050 plan that will cost €200 Bn for just the offshore turbines alone, without all the extra costs of hydrogen, for a population of 5 million that will still leave us short by 4 GW of our projected needs is not just pie in the sky, it`s economic financial suicide.

We currently have 2 interconnectors, Moyle and East West with the U.K., and the Celtic interconnector with France under construction. Are you expecting the grid to fry when the Celtic interconnector is supplying us with nuclear generated electricity, or do you believe we are not getting nuclear generated electricity already from the U.K ?

It isn't. Ask any electrical engineer. They'd much rather a predictable base load nuclear plant on the grid with significant inertia and voltage control contributions along with minimal power quality issues. Wind and solar are blighted with electrical issues to be overcome. Forecasting is a challenge, weather fronts and cloud cover can significantly impact on availability and can change rapidly, requiring fast acting ramping reserves to complement them whereas nuclear doesn't need such reserves in the same way (both technologies need similar frequency containment reserves so we can ignore that one). They also have low or no inertia and are only able to contribute to voltage control in line with their output (so useless or negative benefits in low or no wind / overnight). Obviously being inverter based technology, they'll contribute undesirable harmonic currents at the 5th, 7th, 11th and 13th harmonics too so filters may be required.

That's before we get to the biggest difference between them - nuclear is dispatchable (you can turn it up and down to the rated maximum) whereas wind is generally just controllable (you can turn it down but not up since the prime mover is dependent on variable wind).

Isn't it fantastic to see all this cheap reliable green energy bringing down energy costs.

https://m.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/levy-on-electricity-bills-set-to-add-to-costs-for-households/a1593055686.html

Because when your 1.4 GW plant trips and the load on the synchronous grid is less than 14 GW at the time, then there is a possibility that the grid will blackout. This is why the IAEA recommends strongly that no single unit serves no more than 10 percent of the trough demand.

Monday 22nd. November 2021

Two major gas fired plants unexpectedly disconnected from the national grid within minutes of each other. One in Dublin, the other in Cork resulting in an immediate loss of 820MW. Just over 20% of demand at the time, so how come the grid didn`t blackout then ?

37 offshore + 6.5 onshore + 1-2GW solar that comes on more or less at random 40, 33 and 10% of time

No problems however

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When wholesale prices are high, mostly because of high gas prices, renewable generators, which do not require gas, receive greater revenues for the electricity they sell in the wholesale market, the CRU said.But recent falls in wholesale gas prices mean the prices renewable energy generators are getting at the moment have dropped, so under government policy, they get a subsidy to ensure they can compete with fossil-­fuel electricity generators.

Or stated another way, Heads I win, tails you lose.

It’s very interesting as your nonsense scenario is disproven daily here in real life